A Kazakh court is set to issue its verdict for a group of human rights campaigners on April 13, in a case that has drawn attention to Beijing’s expanding influence in the Central Asian nation.
The 19 activists were charged with inciting hatred for staging a protest in November 2025 over the detention of a Kazakh truck driver in China. The activists, including the driver’s wife, were arrested after burning the Chinese regime’s flag and a portrait of the regime’s top leader, Xi Jinping, during the demonstration in Almaty, close to Kazakhstan’s border with China’s Xinjiang.
The activists each face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted. The proceedings will not be open to the public, according to Atajurt, a Kazakhstan-based rights group documenting the detention of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang, where more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslims are believed to be held in a sprawling network of internment camps….
Kazakhstan to Issue Verdict for Human Rights Activists Who Burned CCP Leader’s Portrait
