Kazakhstan: Aleksei Chistyakov

Index Number: EUR 57/004/1992
Date Published: 6 May 1992
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Kazakstan

An unofficial source reports that Aleksei Chistyakov, aged 26 years from Ekaterinburg in the Russian Republic, was sentenced to death on 6 April 1992 by the city court in Alma-Ata. He had apparently been convicted of murder. Aleksei Chistyakov is reported to be awaiting formal written notification of his sentence before lodging an appeal with the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. AI is appealing to the Kazakh authorities to commute the sentence.