Brussels 06.01.2022 “Dozens” of protesters were killed by police on Wednesday night, 5-6 January, as they tried to seize administrative buildings in Kazakhstan, police said. “Last night, extremist forces tried to storm administrative buildings, the Almaty city police department, as well as local departments and police stations,” police spokesman Saltanat Azirbek was quoted as saying…
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Kazakhstan: President Tokayev vows to stay
Brussels 06.01.2022 Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his televised address to the nation vowed to stay in the capital no matter what as it is his duty under the Constitution to be together with the people. “No matter what, I will stay in the capital. This is my duty under the Constitution to be together…
Kazakhstan in state of emergency
Brussels 06.01.2022 The law-enforcement personnel have launched a special counter-terror operation in Almaty where chaos and looting continues, the Almaty commandant’s office reported on Wednesday, January 5. (Image: social media). The law-enforcement personnel have launched a special counter-terror operation in Almaty where looting continues, the Almaty commandant’s office reported:https://t.co/7E4rSb3me7 pic.twitter.com/xAToiIcoWk — TASS (@tassagency_en) January 5,…
EU-Central Asia Security Dialogue
Brussels 01.07.2021 The eighth High-Level Political and Security Dialogue between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – took place on Thursday, July 1, in Tashkent, with the participation of Afghanistan as special guest. Just finished the EU-Central Asia High-Level Political and Security Dialogue…
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev daughter dissimssed
Incumbent Kazakhstan President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev, dismissed the daughter of ex-President Nursultan Nazarbayev – Darigà from her position of a speaker of the Senate, however the reasons for this decision were not revealed publicly. He also thanked her for “active and fruitful work” in her capacity as a speaker in a Tweet on his official micro…
Two Kazakhs risk extradition to China
Kazakhstan should not forcibly return two Chinese citizens fleeing Xinjiang or prosecute them for illegal border crossing while their asylum claims are pending, according to Human Rights Watch. Why is Kazakhstan threatening to return two asylum seekers to Xinjiang, where they would face prison and torture? @HRW https://t.co/UmPPZDzlha — Hugh Williamson (@HughAWilliamson) January 9, 2020…
Kazakhstan elections “tarnished” by violations
“Presidential elections took place in the Republic of Kazakhstan on 9 June 2019 with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev voted into his first term as President. According to the preliminary findings of the internationally-recognised OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, the election offered an important moment for potential political reforms, but it was tarnished by clear violations of fundamental freedoms…
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev leads Kazakhstan
The speaker of the Senate, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (65) will become an acting head of state in Kazakhstan until next presidential elections scheduled for December 2020. The shift of power to the speaker has been done in accordance with the Constitution, declared by resigning President Nazarbayev, who ruled the country for three decades. “Tokayev is the very person that we can…
Kazakhstan President resigns
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev (78) will step down. Nursultan Nazarbayev has been in office since 1990. #Kazakhstan's president Nursultan #Nazarbayev resigns after almost 30 years in power https://t.co/EfMFgsTUAV pic.twitter.com/2SHStUXPen — RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2019 President Nazarbayev, who has ruled Kazakhstan since the fall of the Soviet Union, announced on March 19 that he would resign his…
Salvini suggests chemical castration of rapists
A 20-year-old Tunisian migrant allegedly raped a 38-year-old Slovakian woman in the Baobab volunteer-run migrant centre outside Rome’s Tiburtina rail station at night on October, 11, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, calling for the chemical castration of the alleged rapist. (Image: illustration). Tunisian, 20, rapes Slovak, 38. Chemical castration says Salvini https://t.co/cnFuK7MmQE — Ansa English…
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