Kazakhstan: Good news; human rights defender Vadim Kuramshin will be released!

Kazakhstan. Vadim Kuramshin will be released on August 17, 2018 (выйдет 17-го. Утром.)

"Prominent Kazakh human rights activist Vadim Kuramshin has been granted early release on parole after serving more than 6 1/2 years in prison on extortion charges that his supporters said were politically motivated.

A lawyer for Kuramshin, Muratbek Irge, told RFE/RL that a court in the northeastern city of Oskemen agreed on August 1 to parole Kuramshin.

He will be released in 15 days if the ruling is not appealed and overturned, Irge said.

Kuramshin has become known for his efforts to raise awareness of violations of inmates' rights in Kazakh penitentiaries, including the one where he served his term.

He was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2012 on an extortion conviction. He denies wrongdoing.

In December 2013, while behind bars, Kuramshin was awarded the prestigious Ludovic-Trarieux international human rights prize."



Radio Free Europe: "Prominent Kazakh rights defender granted parole after six years in prison"
https://www.rferl.org/a/prominent-kazakh-rights-defender-granted-parole-after-six-years-in-prison/29404713.html


http://tirek.info/dir/196/vadim-kuramshin/


Kazakhstan International bureau for human rights and rule of law
https://bureau.kz/novosti/sobstvennaya_informaciya/kuramshin_vykhodit_na_svobodu/




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Hebr. 13:3 (ESV) Glory to God!
"Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body."