INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkic-majority Bashkortostan, was sentenced to four years in a penal colony in January on charges linked to his role in protests against
Court and also ruled to ban the activist from administering websites and participating in mass gatherings for two-and-a-half years, local
Riot police used smoke grenades, tear gas and batons to disperse the peaceful crowd, which was also infiltrated by provocateurs who threw
snowballs at the heavily equipped security service.Protesters in the Bashkir town of Baymak.Screen grab / TelegramThe January rallies in
Friends, no need to come [out to protest]
administrative cases in connection to the rallies in support of Alsynov and at least 56 residents of the republic are facing criminal
charges of participation in mass riots and committing acts of violence against law enforcement officials.Two men facing criminal
those currently under arrest are single mothers and fathers of multiple young children.Bashkir activists and families of the arrested have
launched multiple crowdfunding campaigns to help the detainees pay for independent lawyers and cover the basic needs of families left
themselves part of it, to solidarity, as the situation looks grim, given the near-total ignoring of the courts of political prisoners in
were arrested carries risks.Last month, Bashkir artist Tansulpan Burakayeva was forced to shut down her showroom in the center of Ufa after
the landlord found out she was selling postcards with artworks by regional artists and donating the proceeds in support of the
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