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Kazakstan Tightens Controls on Faith Groups
New law aims to increase state oversight on some religious minorities.
24 Sep 18
Are Kazaks Happy About Closer Ties to China?
Ever-tighter links appear to be alarming some ordinary citizens.
1 Aug 18
Kazak Opposition Movement Stirs
The authorities appear to be weighing their response as to how best reign in dissent.
24 May 18
Dismay as NGO Law Goes Through in Kazakstan
Attempts to block or amend contentious bill come to nothing.
4 Dec 15
Will Kazakstan Adopt Anti-Gay Legislation?
Ambition to host Winter Olympics could deter government from copying Moscow’s homophobic law.
22 Nov 14
Kazakstan Journalist at Risk of Forcible Psychiatric Treatment
Concerns that hate speech laws are being used to silence anti-corruption campaigner and other government critics.
3 May 13
Kazakstan Trial Seen as Too Flawed to be Fair
Prosecutors accuse three defendants of plotting against state, though little solid evidence has been presented.
28 Aug 12
Despair Drives Wave of Suicides in Kazakstan
People set themselves on fire in extreme and very public form of protest.
7 Oct 11
Reprisals Merely Anger Protesting Kazak Oil Workers
Recent trials of labour activists unlikely to deter further protests but certain to increase resentment.
28 Aug 11
Kazak Police Threaten Dissidents With Psychiatric Confinement
Image-conscious government avoids labelling critics as mentally unstable, but police in provinces still use forcible committal as threat.
11 Mar 11
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