Nazarbaev the grizzled love-lace
The old love-lace Nazarbaev has turned the state into a brothel and debauched the entire country
Kazakhstan: Review Rights Defender’s Harsh Sentence
Case Underscores Concerns about Country’s Upcoming OSCE Chairmanship
Kazakhstan: Rights Activist Receives Four-Year Jail Term for Vehicular Manslaughter
In a case that is sending shockwaves through Kazakhstan’s non-governmental organization community, Yevgeny Zhovtis, one of the country’s leading human rights activists, was found guilty on September 3 of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison. Prior to the reading of the verdict, Zhovtis denounced his two-day trial as a "political setup."
Kazakhstan's Human Rights Drop Through the Floor
With the hasty conviction of Zhovtis, which comes on top of scores of other false cases, Kazakhstan is entering deeper and deeper into a human rights black hole, just months before Nazarbayev is meant to take over the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)...
Eurasia: Bracing for a Technological Counter-Revolution
The advent of social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook has changed the nature of political dissent. But as this summer's unrest in Iran and China has demonstrated, authoritarian-minded governments have done their homework, and have kept pace with the revolution in communications.
Kazakh BTA Bank Sues for Millions, Gets Boxer Shorts in
Lawsuits filed by state-controlled BTA Bank, Kazakhstan’s largest lender, to recover 917 million tenge ($6 million) from a newspaper and a charity have so far yielded nothing but seven pairs of boxer shorts.
Turkmenistan plans Caspian naval base amid dispute
Turkmen president says gas-rich nation will build Caspian Sea naval base amid energy disput
