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TORTURED, BEATEN AND FORCED TO INCRIMINATE HIMSELF ON TV CHANNEL
Father of many children #MADIMBEK Yerkinbek was detained on 5 January, 2022 at about 11.00 pm in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk where he came to join a peaceful protest.

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His wife #SEITKHAN Gulzhaniya reports that her husband was beaten from 5 to 7 January after his arrest and continued to be beaten in a pre-trial detention facility. For being an ethnic Kazakh migrant from China, he was beaten and called a traitor

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and asked if he was familiar with Serikzhan #BILASH (an activist defending ethnic Kazakhs in China).
❗Moreover, Yerkinbek was forced to incriminate himself under torture on “Qazaqstan” national TV Channel.

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At the present moment, Yerkinbek is held in the pre-trial detention facility and charged with criminal cases under Article 272 (“Participation in mass disorders”) and Article 269 (“An attack on a building, construction, means of communication and communication,

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At the present moment, Yerkinbek is held in the pre-trial detention facility and charged with criminal cases under Article 272 (“Participation in mass disorders”) and Article 269 (“An attack on a building, construction, means of communication and communication,

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as well as their capture”) of the Criminal Code of Republic of Kazakhstan.
Yerkinbek is a father of 5 minor children and the only breadwinner in his family.
Recently, the court has extended his term in detention for 2 more months until May, 2022.

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The following is the translated script of Yerkinbek’s wife #SEITKHAN Gulzhaniya’s message to the people of Kazakhstan:

“Hello! I am #SEITKHAN Gulzhaniya. I am here to tell you about my husband #MADIMBEK Yerkinbek.

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