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But how is it possible to live “outside of politics,” if it concerns your rights and freedoms? And can voting and taking pictures of the ballot − for the university or employer that forced you to do so − be defined as “political activity”? Citizens that ...
For International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and our partners who have monitored his case and advocated for his release for years, this was a stunning example of misuse of criminal prosecution to stifle dissent. He was released - but barely alive ...
In a speech in Almaty on November 17, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev remembered the January Events and urged the population to clearly distinguish between peaceful rallies and criminals: “We must not succumb to provocations of the destructive forces that are ...
Instead, Qandastar were cast as symbols of “state assistance”. Despite several renamings, the discrimination against this social group never stopped. People who had re-settled maintained their own status, different from Kazakhs born in Kazakhstan. Until ...
But connections require constant attention and in recent times we have perhaps neglected to nurture the links between our two regions. The EU is determined, together with our Central Asian partners, to correct this. Earlier this month, the President of ...
This past week, just two days after the Senate’s approval, Tokayev signed new laws based on recent amendments to the Constitution which would create a new Constitutional Court, reform the Prosecutor-General Office, and strengthen the jurisdiction of the ...
STS, the technical department of the Committee for National Security, said it recorded around 20 million cyberattacks in September. In a statement, STS claims to have used the local Cybershield protection system to repel malicious traffic and malware. The ...
Before the first presidential elections without Nursultan Nazarbayev, the popular demand for an open platform was addressed by Tokayev with the creation of the National Council of Public Trust. Yet, this Council is closed to those who are not affiliated ...
On November 2, Tokayev signed into law a decree that grants amnesty for the participants in Qandy Qantar, the popular protests that were violently suppressed in January. Around 1,500 people will be eligible for the pardon: The amnesty is only available to ...
After Almaty mayor Bauyrzhan Baibek was dismissed, BRT, Vision Zero, and the light rail train projects were halted. Instead, fences, potholes, and visual pollution came back. His successor Bakytzhan Sagintayev allowed more cars in the streets. Yerbolat ...
Ramil Mukhoryapov, the founder of Chocofamily, an online services company, infuriated Kazakhstanis when, during a public event last week, he argued that answering in Kazakh to a question asked in Russian is a sign of “not so big culture.” Essentially, ...
Earlier this year, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev voiced (again) a plan to build a nuclear power plant, calling the government to action. But is kicking off such projects worth it, given the previous experience and the country's unchanged political ...
On January 11, as special police forces and soldiers had retaken control of the streets and squares in Almaty and other cities across Kazakhstan after deadly clashes with protesters, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev decreed the establishment of a social ...
On the ballot for the November 20 election the CEC admitted incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Meiram Kazhyken, Zhiguli Dairabayev, Karakat Abden, Saltanat Tursynbekova, and Nurlan Auesbayev. Tokayev traveled to the southern regions of Kazakhstan ...
On September 1, during his address to the nation, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev talked about the necessity to criminalize domestic violence, which had been de-criminalized in 2017. Then, the articles on “assault and bodily harm” and “ ...
Kazakhstan’s government was quick to placate the anxiety among the population by showing how the initial trend of a massive inflow during the first days, was later followed by a progressive outflow of Russians to other countries. Evidently, for many, ...
In the meantime, between Monday and Tuesday, incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s presidential campaign was able to collect around 400,000 signatures across the country and present them at the CEC for review. This is a massive show of force from ...
Disinformation Flow In May, Russian TV presenter Tigran Keosayan threatened Kazakhstan during a broadcast, after criticizing the government for not holding a Victory Day parade. Keosayan was later declared persona non grata in Kazakhstan. Speaking at a ...
The hastily created “People’s Coalition” in support of Tokayev “encompasses all social strata,” as emphasized by the president himself. But a closer look shows that this group only represents the interests of a portion of society. During Tokayev’s tenure, ...
In the 1990s, Kazakhstan experienced a large outbound migration, especially of ethnic Russians. In an effort to compensate for the demographic imbalance, the government opened its arms to ethnic Kazakhs wishing to “return to their homeland.” Since then, ...