Events and opinions

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Kazakhstan January events

Ask Questions about January 2022 Events and Complaint Mechanisms for Prisoners

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh Yurt in Ukraine

Roman Vassilenko, Kazakhstan’s deputy foreign minister, calls for diplomacy to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Throughout the Ukraine war, Kazakhstan has walked a delicate line.

How Kazakhstan became more Kazakh

The economist

Money for migration changed the face of a nation

All of the costs, none of the benefits: How inequality, abuse and corporate greed have contributed to discontent in Kazakhstan

CSTO collective peacekeeping forces in Kaza.max 1300x900

Dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries as authorities opened fire on protestors. Violence erupting through tear gas. Rubber bullets, followed by live ammunition. Journalists beaten and detained. Pervasive fear, even among those who have hidden inside.

Analysis: Central Asian countries need to remain focused on reforms despite new security threats

Heads of Central Asia countries on summit August 2021

The dust from the sudden Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has not settled yet, and it is likely that new turmoil is just round the corner. But the fallout of the crisis on neighbouring countries can already be felt, and much more can be anticipated.

Russia seeks to accelerate old Soviet state union

Putin online

Moscow is moving to transform the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) into a more unified political and economic bloc, an apparent response to perceived Western pressure against the grouping. 

Fugitive kleptocrat supports protest in Kazakhstan

Maks Bokayev

Police in Kazakhstan detained dozens of protesters on Sunday (28 February) who were calling for the release of political prisoners in line with a resolution passed by the European Parliament.