Dulat Agadil
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Dulat Agadil | |
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Дулат Ағаділ | |
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| Born | 16 February 1977 |
| Died | 25 February 2020 (aged 43) |
| Occupations | Politician, activist |
| Spouse | Gülnar Qasymhanova |
| Children | 6 |
Dulat Shakiruly Agadil (Kazakh: Дулат Шәкірұлы Ағаділ, romanized: Dulat Şäkırūly Ağadıl; 16 February 1977 – 25 February 2020) was a Kazakh civil and human rights activist.[1]
Agadil was born on 16 February 1977, in the village of Turgai. He graduated from his high school with a diploma.[2]
Activism
For the first time he became widely known, after defending mothers with many children who began to fight for their rights after the tragic death of five young children in the capital city of Nur-Sultan. In 2007, he moved to the village of Talapker in the Akmola Region where he became politically active for the first time, and was significantly involved in the establishment and development of the village. Agadil repeatedly spoke for the civil rights and freedoms of Kazakhs, including for political prisoners and for free and fair elections. He criticized the authorities for which he was subjected to multiple arrests. He fought in the opposition against the government, which also led to the resignation of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in March 2019.[3][4][5][6]
Agadil was arrested several times. However, he managed to escape from custody in November, but voluntarily came to the building of the General Prosecutor's Office in Nur-Sultan, where he was detained. In December, he caused a medical emergency by swallowing nails and screws, and was released from custody. Dulat escaped in order to draw the attention of the authorities regarding his unreasonable persecution, where in one month he was subjected to administrative punishments five times.[7][8]
Final detention and death
In February 2020, a squad of plainclothes police took Agadil from his family home. The next day, the Nur-Sultan city police reported that Agadil had died in a pre-trial detention center due to suspected heart failure. After that, an investigation was initiated into his death and a forensic medical examination was ordered.[9]
Agadil's relatives published a video in which they examined his body before burial. The preliminary results of the forensic medical examination stated that there were no bruises on the body, although the published video shows that there were abrasions on the body and the palms of the hands were blackened.[10]