Urgent Action: Human rights defender under house arrest

Human rights defender Serikzhan Bilash has been under house arrest since 10 March. He is the leader of the human rights organisation Atajurt, which exposes human rights violations against ethnic Kazakhs in China. Serikzhan Bilash is facing charges under Article 174 of the Criminal Code, in an apparent move by the authorities to intimidate and harass him simply for defending human rights. He risks a maximum prison sentence of seven years. He is a prisoner of conscience and should be immediately and unconditionally released.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE IS NOW EXTENDED TO 22 JULY 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in Kazakh, English or Russian to:

Prosecutor General

Nurdauletov Gizat Daurenbekovich 

Prospect Mengilik, 14

Nur-Sultan

010000 Kazakhstan

Fax: +7 7172 506 402

Email: press@prokuror.kz 

Twitter: @GenProkRK

Salutation: Dear Prosecutor General

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

HIS EXCELLENCY MR ERLAN IDRISSOV, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 125 Pall Mall SW1Y 5EA, 020 792 51757, London@kazembassy.org.uk London@mfa.kz www.mfa.kz/london

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