Erica Marat
Less than two months before Kazakhstan takes over the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Kazakh NGO's are warning the international community about the rapidly worsening human rights situation in the country. Kazakhstan's ambition to become OSCE chairman was a project oriented at enhancing the country's international image and not its democratic achievements, most leaders conclude.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has begun a third round of discussions in Almaty about upcoming counterterrorism exercises, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. (photo: An SCO meeting last month in Beijing)
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