Activist jailed Over Housing Protest
21.12.2010
A Kazakh activist has been jailed for 15 days for organizing a protest against Almaty authorities over real-estate deals gone wrong, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
An administrative court in Almaty sentenced Yesenbek Okteshbaev for organizing the December 16 unsanctioned public gathering.
Okteshbaev, head of the Housing for People movement, was among dozens...
