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KAZAKHSTAN: JAILED RIGHTS ACTIVIST TAKES DIG AT OSCE

Yevgeny Zhovtis, a leading human rights activist in Kazakhstan who is currently serving a jail sentence for vehicular manslaughter, thinks the world's leading democracies are turning a blind eye to authoritarianism. In a statement presented February 19 at a gathering of rights activists in Washington, Zhovtis took a swipe at the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, asserting that the world is experiencing "a crisis of the very concept of human rights."

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Kasachstan und die Sinnkrise der OSZE

michael_laubschKasachstan hat 2010 den Vorsitz in der OSZE inne. Energielieferungen und Sicherheitsaspekte stehen auf der Prioritätenliste des Westens höher als Fragen der Menschenrechte und des Reformprozesses in Kasachstan. Der Bonner Zentralasienexperte Michael Laubsch meint im Gespräch mit EurActiv.de, in einen OSZE-Gipfel sollte man lieber nicht zu viel Elan stecken.

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Kazakh tycoon’s secret deal on Prince Andrew’s house

prince andrew and goga ashkenazi Sunninghill Park is a sorry shadow of the house it used to be when Prince Andrew and his family called it home.

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Radical Islam casts shadow over Central Asia

ALMATY (Reuters) - Central Asia is a ticking bomb waiting to go off.

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Kazakhstan lifts critical reporting ban

A Kazakhstan court has overturned a ruling that banned the media from publishing criticism of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law.

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Bad loans main systemic risk for Kazakh banks - central bank

(SRI) - Bad loans remain the main systemic risk for Kazakh banks while liquidity and currency risks are gradually declining, Kazakhstan's central bank said Monday, citing its survey of the country's commercial banks.

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Kazakh lender BTA Bank files U.S. bankruptcy

BTA Bank , the second-largest bank in Kazakhstan, sought bankruptcy protection in the United States to protect itself from U.S. creditors while it restructures $11.6 billion of debt at home.