{"id":52991,"date":"2021-02-25T09:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T09:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=166706"},"modified":"2021-02-25T09:31:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T09:31:33","slug":"kazakh-writers-urge-president-to-release-dissident-poet-atabek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/25\/kazakh-writers-urge-president-to-release-dissident-poet-atabek\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakh Writers Urge President To Release Dissident Poet Atabek"},"content":{"rendered":"
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A group of well-known writers and poets in Kazakhstan has called on President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev to release dissident poet Aron Atabek, who has been behind bars since 2007 and is said to be in failing health.<\/p>\n