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May 6 2019 - Activist Aslan Sagutdinov was arrested for holding a blank poster in a public square in Uralsk, Kazakhstan. His goal was demonstrating the country’s lack of political freedom. He was released some hours later, and people on social media supported him with a wave of selfies holding blank papers.

Sagutdinov wrote in a post (translated from Russian): “People are surprised that someone was detained for a quote from the Constitution. I showed you today that you can be arrested with a blank poster". A press representative of the local police department said that Sagutdinov’s arrestable offense was that he claimed that “there is no democracy and free speech in Kazakhstan.” [video]

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