Thread by @Aidosabdraman

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10 March, 2022, Kazakhstan
The city of #Ust-Kamenogorsk
On January 6, 2022 #BERIKKANULY Yernar went on a peaceful protest in the city of Semey. There, he exercised his constitutional right to engage in peaceful assemblies ⤵️

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@EamonGilmore
@Left_EU

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and spoke out about social problems of citizens and about price inflation. On January 6, 2022 Yernar was arbitrarily detained and put in a pre-trial detention facility in Ust-Kamenogorsk. He was subjected to torture and beatings by employees

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@SenatorHousakos

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of the pre-trial detention facility. In his video message Yernar's father, #MUKANOV Berikkan reports about the facts of torture and beatings inflicted on his son and demands that the authorities drop the false charges against his son and release him immediately.

@ForstMichel

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#MUKANOV Berikkan: 
"I am #MUKANOV Berikkan. I am the father of #BERIKKANULY Yernar. He was born in 1996 in Semey. He is not married yet. He is the breadwinner in our family. We, his parents, are both retired.

@RobMoore_CPC
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@ColinAllredTX

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My son was arrested on 6 January, 2022 in connection with his participation in January events. According to my son, he participated in the protest where he spoke out about high prices. He left the square at 08.30 pm and stayed at work until 09.10 pm.

@SpanbergerVA07
@ossoff

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He works in a cafe baking tandoori samosas- a small business he started with his friends. There are several witnesses who saw my son working at that time. On 6 of January, 2022 he was arrested

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@DominicRaab
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@StewartMcDonald

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and since then he has been detained in a pre-trial detention facility in Ust-Kamenogorsk. He was beaten and tortured in the pre-trial detention facility - all of his body turned black and blue. Now he can't open one of his eyes. So far, I have visited him 3 to 4 times.

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By now, all of his bruises have passed; they remained on him from 6 of January to 20 of February, 2022. When I visited, I saw him: he couldn’t open his eyes. I demand that the authorities drop the false charges against my son and release him."

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