Thread by @aliyadusembaev5

Tortured so badly that he was disabled
City #Semey #Kazakhstan
Akmaral #Vasilyeva testified about her husband, civil activist Aidyn #Katpushev.#NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests @ChrisVanHollen @eu_eeas

#ActivistsNotExtremists
Aidyn was arrested on January 6, 2022 at a peaceful rally in the square. Police officers beat him and tortured him. Now he has become an invalid, Akmaral believes. For 20 days he could not remember anything, he had memory loss.

The police officers did not allow the relatives to see him. Akmaral do not give permission to make an MRI of Aidyn Katpushev's head.#ProtestJanuary2022 @EUinKazakhstan @EP_President @EP_HumanRights

He is accused under Article 272 part 2 ("Participation in mass riots"). Now he is in a pre-trial detention facility in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk.@TerhiHakala @EamonGilmore @EUSR_CA

Next, Akmaral #Vasilyeva: He was tortured, beaten, called a terrorist, an enemy of the people. They put psychological pressure on Aydyn. They beat him on the kidneys, kicked him on the head.@hildevautmans @gahler_michael

They damaged his nervous system. He does not remember anything, and his hands are constantly shaking. That's how he was beaten by the police officers of the city of Semey.@ViolavonCramon @MSimecka @HeidiHautala

Investigator Azamat #Nurtuganov and special investigator Daniyar #Baniyazov still do not let me see him. I was able to see him only two months after he was detained. His brother was able to see Aidyn after a month and a half.@nnienass

I ask for help from the international community, we want to change his measure of restraint to house arrest to restore his health.@Trinesg @jettefc @AHuitfeldt

Akmaral Vasilyeva is the mother of three minor children