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Alizhan Ibragimov, one of Kazakhstan's wealthiest men, has died at the age of 67.
A court in Kazakhstan’s southern city of Shymkent has returned to investigators the case of a series of deadly ammunition warehouse blasts in 2019 citing "irregularities."
More than 60 oil workers have gone on strike in Kazakhstan's northwestern region of Aqtobe as they seek a salary increase.
A court in northern Kazakhstan has sentenced an opposition activist to jail and fined two other people for allegedly taking part in an unsanctioned rally.
An activist in Kazakhstan's southern region of Turkistan has been handed a parole-like sentence for his links with a banned political movement.
Sairagul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh from China, was sent to work as a teacher in one of the country's so-called "reeducation camps." Human rights researchers say more than 1 million detainees, mostly Muslims, have been imprisoned in the camps.
A court in Kazakhstan has imposed a three-year parole restriction on Kazakh activist Maks Boqaev after his expected release on February 4.
Two ethnic Kazakhs from China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang with temporary refugee status in Kazakhstan have been violently attacked in the Central Asian country.
A court in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz has ordered the immediate release of well-known civil rights activist Sanavar Zakirova and changed her prison sentence to a fine in a case that she says was politically motivated.
A Kazakh prison guard at a detention center in Nur-Sultan has been charged with abuse of authority over the beating of a jailed political activist.
Kazakhstan's newly elected parliament has voted to keep Prime Minister Asqar Mamin in the post following the recent elections as the country looks for continuity to attract foreign investment into its oil, gas, and mining sectors.
The head of an election-monitoring team to Kazakhstan from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has detailed a litany of failings and seemingly "concerted" moves by Kazakh authorities to hinder transparency in recent national elections.
A court in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent has decided to continue behind closed doors a trial concerning a series of deadly ammunition warehouse blasts in 2019. It cited classified materials in the case for doing so.
Darigha Nazarbaeva, the eldest daughter of Kazakhstan's first president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, is one of the 76 lawmakers from the party led by her father who acceded to the newly elected parliament.
There were no opposition parties in Kazakhstan's parliamentary elections, but the voting booths were open anyway to make sure people voted for the "right" candidates. Small protests calling for a genuine democratic choice were marred by arrests.
Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party has kept its firm grip on power in parliamentary elections called “uncompetitive” by international observers
An RFE/RL journalist has been expelled from a polling station by local election authorities saying that he did not have a negative COVID test. The incident happened on January 10 in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, as the country held local and parliamentary elections.
Dozens of activists were detained on January 10 in at least three of Kazakhstan's main cities, including the capital, Nur-Sultan, amid local and parliamentary elections.
Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party appears set to sweep a parliamentary election in a vote lacking any serious opposition and with dozens of protesters detained in at least three major cities, including the capital.
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