Urgent Action: Prisoner at risk of losing eyesight in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani activist and blogger Muratbek Tungishbayev risks losing sight in his left eye due to the penitentiary authorities’ failure to provide him with necessary medical care following surgery he had on his eye. He remains held in pre-trial detention in Almaty, on politically-motivated charges and requires urgent surgery immediately in order to save his sight. Amnesty International considers Muratbek Tungishbayev to be a prisoner of conscience.
Take action
Write or email calling on authorities to:
- Immediately and unconditionally release Muratbek Tungishbayev, as he is a prisoner of conscience held solely for peacefully exercising his rights to freedom of expression and association;
- Pending his release, immediately provide adequate medical treatment to Muratbek Tungishbayev according to the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules), Rule 27.
Contact these officials before 5 October:
Minister of Internal Affairs
Kalmukhanbet Kasymov– 010000
Astana
Prospekt Teuelsizdik 1
Republic of Kazakhstan
Email: kense@mvd.kz
Salutation: Dear Minister
General Prosecutor
Kairat Kozhamzharov
010000, Astana, Prospekt
Mangilik El 14
Republic of Kazakhstan
Email: Gp-rk@prokuror.kz procuror@nursat.kz
Salutation: Dear Prosecutor General
Director of the Penitentiary
Ruslan Dzhunusov
LA-155/18
050045 Almaty
ul. Krasnogorskaya 73
Republic of Kazakhstan
Email: la_155_18@mail.ru
Salutation: Dear Director
With copies to: His Excellency Mr Erlan Idrissov, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 125 Pall Mall SW1Y 5EA, 020 792 51757, london@kazembassy.org.uk