Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Annual Report 2004 - Kazakhstan
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14 April 2005
Surveillance of Mr. Sergei Duvanov54
In March 2003, Mr. Sergei Duvanov, editor-in-chief of the newsletter Human Rights in Kazakhstan and the World, published by the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHRL), was sentenced to three-and-a-half years' in prison. On 29 December 2003, the District Court of Kaskelen reduced Mr. Duvanov's sentence. He was placed under surveillance in the Zarechnoye penal colony near Almaty.
On 15 January 2004, the Court decided that Mr. Duvanov could return home. After lengthy negotiations with KIBHRL, the penal colony of Almaty allowed Mr. Duvanov to resume his activities at the organisation.
However, he remained under surveillance and his working hours were clearly defined. He also had to report regularly to the authorities and was unable to attend certain public events, on the alleged grounds that he had been convicted of raping a minor.
On 26 August 2004, the District Court of Almaty acquitted him and all his rights were reinstated.
[Refworld note: This report as posted on the FIDH website (www.fidh.org) was in pdf format with country chapters run together by region. Footnote numbers have been retained here, so do not necessarily begin at 1.]
52. Idem.
53. Idem.
54. See Annual Report 2003 and Urgent Appeal KAZ 001/0802/OBS 053.3.
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