Demonstrators took to the streets to denounce the election to replace Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose handpicked successor was expected to win easily.
Tag: Kazakhstan
A Man in Kazakhstan Held Up a Blank Sign to See if He’d Be Detained. He Was.
Rights watchers said the response by the police was a particularly vivid example of the country’s restrictions on free speech.
Rise of First Daughter in Kazakhstan Fuels Talk of Succession
Dariga Nazarbayeva boosted her chance of following her father as president, but a messy divorce and the lurid death of her former husband might get in the way.
Longtime President of Kazakhstan Surprises Region by Resigning
The autocratic leader said he was stepping down as president of the oil-rich former Soviet republic after 30 years to make way for the next generation.
Critic Who Exposed China’s Muslim Camps is Detained, Even Across the Border
Serikzhan Bilash, who was instrumental in documenting China’s vast detentions of Muslim minorities, now faces charges in Kazakhstan
He Needed a Job. China Gave Him One: Locking Up His Fellow Muslims.
China’s vast detention program for Muslims has required more and more police officers. And recruits are coming from the very ethnic groups that are being suppressed.