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NUR-SULTAN -- Police in Kazakhstan have detained more than three dozen people who were trying to gather for anti-government protests that have been deemed by authorities as “illegal actions.” ...
Earlier, Kazakh police detained a second RFE/RL journalist covering the protests in the Central Asian nation as unrest grows over a steep rise in energy prices. Darkhan Umirbekov, an editor with ...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Police in Kazakhstan say they are seeking to track down those responsible for the killing of 11 people in a national park near the commercial capital, Almaty. The Interior ...
After Kazakhstan voted for president on June 9, police arrested thousands of protesters who believed the regime falsified the results. Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan had been ruled by its ...
Kazakh police said they had “eliminated” dozens of protesters who allegedly tried to storm their offices overnight, while 18 police officers have died in the disturbances so far, with one ...
Marcus Rashford? Joshua Zirkzee? Who should Manchester United sell to raise funds? Police in Kazakhstan did not see the funny side as Chelsea fans attempted to enter the Almaty Ortalyq Stadium ...
A police raid on a Kazakh group documenting the plight of Kazakhs and Uyghurs caught in a brutal crackdown in China’s north-western province of Xinjiang is about more than a government seeking ...
ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakh police detained about 20 people on Thursday who protested against the renaming of the Central Asian country's capital city after ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev ...
Protests in Kazakhstan this week over rising fuel prices grew more deadly, with authorities reporting January 6, 2022, that dozens of protesters and police officers were killed in the ...
(Berlin) – Kazakh authorities should release an activist arrested for knocking off a police officer’s hat during a protest and drop criminal charges brought against her, Human Rights Watch ...
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