The Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir has issued a press release dated 08/22/2013 entitled "Government of Kazakhstan Accuses a Muslim Woman of Extremism and then Punishes her for Defending her Husband" in which it addressed the trial against Sister Natalia Vatinkovu, a mother of three children, and wife to Galiulina Rafis, a member of Hizb ut Tahrir / Kazakhstan.