In Kyzylorda, a court sentenced nine defendants in a case of sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old schoolgirl to 7.5 years in prison

In Kyzylorda, a court sentenced nine defendants in a case of sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old schoolgirl. The hearing was held behind closed doors, reports the NemolchiKZ Human Rights Foundation. Three defendants in the case, whom human rights activists call “extortionists”, received the longest sentences — seven and a half years in prison. According to the foundation, they took the girl out of town, threatened to drown her in the river, bea…