Trying to start and support a new political party? In #Kazakhstan, you might get arrested for “extremism.” That’s what happened to Marat Zhylanbaev, a marathon runner. And #TrialWatch has monitored numerous other cases in which Kazakh journalists were subject to similar fates. Now, UN experts are sounding the alarm in the Human Rights Committee’s review of the country’s human rights record, asking: ❓Why “extremism” is so vaguely defined ❓What objective standards courts use to define extremist acts ❓Whether journalists are pressured to report on each other ❓Why data on these convictions isn’t public CFJ monitors and tracks cases where authoritarian tactics like extremism laws are bent against journalists. Learn more about how to support our work at the link in our bio. #UNHumanRights #PressFreedom 📷 ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect