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Kazakhstan: jailed human rights defender amnestied
The prominent Kazakh human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis has been granted an amnesty after serving more than half of a four-year jail sentence for manslaughter, Radio Liberty reported.
Zhovtis, former chief of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights, told Radio Liberty by phone on February 1 that he will be released in 15 days.
Zhovtis was sentenced in 2009 to four years in jail for a road accident that killed a pedestrian.
The trial was seen by human rights activists as politically motivated and drew international criticism.
He was repeatedly denied parole on allegations of "violating internal order" in a minimum-security labor camp in the city of Oskemen.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Zhovtis for efforts to promote human rights issues during her visit to Kazakhstan in 2010.
TAGS: Kazakh human rights activist Yevgeny Zhovtis, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights, Oskemen, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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