Hundreds of Kazakh opposition supporters protested in Almaty against President Nursultan Nazarbaev and the results of recent parliament elections won by the president's Nur Otan party, as well as against the deadly clashes in Zhanaozen on December 16.
Hundreds of Kazakh opposition supporters protested in Almaty against President Nursultan Nazarbaev and the results of recent elections. Opposition leaders called for democratic change and for authorities to conduct a transparent investigation into the deadly December riots in the oil-producing region of Zhanaozen.
Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry says three Kyrgyz citizens have been rescued from de-facto 10-year slavery in neighboring Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev says he does not plan to prolong the curfew in the restive town of Zhanaozen beyond its scheduled end at the end of January.
Workers for a construction company involved in renovating the U.S.-Kazakh Tengizchevroil Oil Company factory in the western Kazakhstan city of Atyrau have gone on strike, demanding a salary raise.
President Nursultan Nazarbaev has instructed Kazakhstan's government to develop a new strategy against corruption.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iraq -- countries that have long occupied the lower rungs on corruption and freedoms rankings -- now have another disappointing evaluation to add to this list: they're positioned at the very bottom of the 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
Authorities in Kazakhstan have added another police officer to a list of reportedly senior police being charged for using excessive force against striking oil workers in the western city of Zhanaozen.
U.S. Congressman Christopher Smith said Kazakhstan is heading into abyss of dictatorship.
Authorities in Kazakhstan announce charges against government critics and police in connection with deadly violence that reverberated through the country last month, but international rights watchdogs accuse them of politically motivated prosecutions.
A group of Kazakh opposition activists gathered in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to honor protesters killed in a December 16 clash with police and security forces in the western city of Zhanaozen. The violence, which killed at least 16 and injured more than 100 people, came six months after thousands of oil workers launched a strike over work conditions.
The former leader of a Kazakh political party that was barred from taking part in parliamentary elections earlier this month has left his country for London, fearing possible pressure and arrest by Kazakh authorities.
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