There were widespread protests against government land-reform plans in late April that culminated in countrywide rallies against government policies on May 21. Hundreds of people were arrested in the days leading up to and on the day of that protest.
Iran, Russia, Venezuela and other authoritarian governments abuse the agency to target critics.
One of Kazakhstan’s last remaining independent newspapers has been ordered to pay heavy damages in a libel case that its editor believes was designed to drive it out of business.
In a disturbing development for Kazakhstan, another supposedly radicalized gunman singled out security forces for an attack — this time in the country’s largest city, Almaty.
Few of Tony Blair's cronies have defended the former prime minister more vociferously after the damning conclusions of Sir John Chilcot's Iraq report than his one-time 'director of political operations' John McTernan.
A Ukrainian postal stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Stepan Bandera’s birth. Public Domain
Move over George Soros, Kazakhstan is claiming the title as the most prescient speculator in the pound.
