Prosecutors in the central Kazakh region of Ulytau said on April 3 that seven prison guards and five soldiers from the State Penitentiary Service will face trial for allegedly torturing inmates, an extremely rare case in the Central Asian state. The notorious prison No. 62 has long had a reputation for cruelty among its staff. In December 2023, inmate Aleksei Ushenin stabbed himself with a blade to protest what he called the systemic violation of inmates' rights. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.
