The spouse of journalist Aydos Sadykov blames Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for final month’s assault.
A Kazakh dissident has died in Ukraine, two weeks after being shot exterior his dwelling final month.
kyiv-based journalist Aydos Sadykov was shot within the head whereas sitting in a automotive together with his spouse on June 18. Ukrainian prosecutors suspect the “fastidiously deliberate” assault was carried out by a pair of suspected assassins from Kazakhstan.
Sadykov’s spouse, Natalya Sadykova, blamed Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for the loss of life of her husband, who was an outspoken critic of the Central Asian nation’s management.
“My beloved husband, father of our three kids, nice son of the Kazakh individuals. Aydos devoted his life to Kazakhstan and suffered martyrdom by the hands of murderers,” Sadykova wrote in a Fb publish.
“His loss of life weighs on Tokayev’s conscience,” he stated.
Who’re the suspects?
In line with Ukraine’s Prosecutor Common’s Workplace, two Kazakh residents, one in all them a former policeman, are suspected of taking pictures Sadykov. They each left the nation on the identical day, they are saying, and fled to Moldova.
Though Kazakhstan has arrested one of many suspects, recognized as Altai Zhakanbayev, it has stated it is not going to hand him over to Ukraine. The second suspect stays at massive.
President Tokayev has ordered Kazakh safety forces to cooperate with Ukraine in finding the suspects, his spokesman stated final month, in keeping with Russian information companies.
“Astana is able to cooperate with Ukraine, together with by means of Interpol,” the spokesman stated.
‘Let’s carry them to justice’
Human Rights Watch has referred to as for an investigation into the taking pictures of Sadykov, who ran a YouTube channel typically vital of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev after which his successor Tokayev.
“The information of Sadykov’s assault in broad daylight in downtown Kiev is deeply disturbing,” Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, stated final month.
“Ukrainian authorities should guarantee Sydykov’s security, establish the attacker, carry him to justice and decide who ordered the assault. Kazakhstan should display that it’s dedicated to the rule of regulation throughout this course of.”
