Upon the oppositional leaders of Azat and NSDP political parties’ declarations the new structure numbers about 400 thousand members. But if their political protest actions are to be attended with the declared number of members as it was at the Kazakh Concert Hall, they could become a strong political power long time ago.
But Presidents Gül and Nazarbayev signed a next strategic partnership agreement
This submission highlights a number of key areas of concern regarding Kazakhstan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations. In the past several years the government has made a number of important and welcome steps, but these have not amounted to meaningful reform to address the country’s human rights problems.
The hardest struggle is the struggle with yourself: never know who’s going to win
Human Rights Watch has urged Kazakhstan to launch a new investigation into the case of a jailed activist, saying the Central Asian state was losing credibility as the future chair of a European human rights body.
The European Commission has been critical about some provisions in the Kazakh laws regulating the conduct of rallies and demonstrations.
