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'Don't mention my friendship with Tony Blair'! Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales bans discussion of former PM in new controversy over Kazakh links

 

Wikimedia Foundation works with Kazakh government-linked foundation on their own version of the site

 

The regime was this month accused of 'growing crackdown on free speech' by Human Rights Watch

 

Mr Wales also questioned about links with Blair, who attended his wedding and with whom he has holidayed

 

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Kazakhstan: Shymkent’s HIV Scandal, Six Years Later

hivkzA mother puts her twins, one of whom who was infected with HIV in a Shymkent public hospital, to sleep at their apartment in February 2007. An investigation found that about 150 children had been infected with HIV in the city's hospitals in 2006. 

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Kazakhstan Marks Anniversary of Zhanaozen Killings

As Kazakhstan marked the one-year anniversary of fatal violence in Zhanaozen on December 16, opposition activists gathered in Almaty to lay wreaths to commemorate those who died at the hands of police last December.

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Magistrate called to order police to investigate Rakhat Aliyev

Rakhat Aliyev 2Kazakh national who claims he was tortured on Rakhat Aliyev's orders asks magistrate to order Maltese police investigate human rights violations.

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Documents Link Uzbekistans Karimova To Money-Laundering Suspect

gukarimovaA series of documents have been uncovered in France that link Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, with an Uzbek businessman currently detained in Switzerland as part of a money-laundering investigation.

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Doing business with despots?

walter-pincus 114x80The United States has been quietly deepening relationships in Central Asia, but in the process is embracing two authoritarian, lifetime presidents who don't have great records on human rights. The State Department has repeatedly criticized both for those records and for their generally harsh treatment of domestic opponents.

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Kazakhstan’s ‘Public Enemy Number One’ reported seeking sanctuary in Malta

 

rahat-aliev 140Kazakhstan\'s President Nursultan Nazarbayev\'s former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev – now referred to as Kazakhstan\'s Public Enemy Number One – is facing murder charges over four years after two bankers he is alleged to have slain disappeared.

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Money laundering probe puts spotlight on the £15 million sale of the Duke of York’s home

sunninghillThe deal which saw Prince Andrew's marital home sold for £3 million more than its asking price is being examined by two international money-laundering investigations.

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The Kazakh secret agent, Rakhat Aliyev, was interrogated in Malta

alievuThe Maltese Authorities say that they do not know that he is in our country.

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No shame in the name - we meant the university, not the autocrat

naz pod flagA University of Cambridge college has denied it intended to "celebrate" the autocratic president of Kazakhstan after advertisements appeared in the country for a fellowship in his name.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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