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- Sep 17, 2026
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Satire Can be a Crime in Kazakhstan (opens the original)
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Satirist and political commentator Azamat Omarov, who had been in pre-trial detention in Kazakhstan since mid-April on “inciting discord” charges, struck a plea bargain with the prosecution, under the terms of which he pled guilty, and on September 15, was released. While Omarov avoided what could have been a long and unjustified prison sentence, he did not walk out of the courtroom a free man. He will serve a suspended three-and-a-half-year prison sentence. He is also banned from engaging in so
Defrocked Priest’s Case Goes to Trial in Kazakhstan (opens the original)
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The case of Vladimir (Yakov) Vorontsov, a Russian Orthodox priest from Kazakhstan who was defrocked in 2024 over apparent retaliation for independent religious activity and public criticism of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is scheduled to go to trial on September 11. But dubious charges and lack of adequate medical care in detention raise serious concerns. Vorontsov, 40, was arrested in February 2026. He is facing a seven-year prison sentence on charges of illegal drug storage and mai
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