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Bloody January Series
![Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 6, Almaty Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 6, Almaty](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-29-154901.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 6, Almaty
By Cheryl L. Reed
Almaty’s journalists witnessed Kazakhstan’s largest city roil with protests, peaceful at first, then become engulfed in deepening anger and shocking violence.
![Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 5, Taraz to Shymkent Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 5, Taraz to Shymkent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-29-145837.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 5, Taraz to Shymkent
By Cheryl L. Reed
In two southern Kazakhstan cities, the January protests devolved into shocking violence, from the use of live ammunition against protesters to police beatings of those detained.
![Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 4, Ust-Kamenogorsk to Kokshetau Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 4, Ust-Kamenogorsk to Kokshetau](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-28-175323.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 4, Ust-Kamenogorsk to Kokshetau
By Cheryl L. Reed
Journalists and others faced questions, fines, and jail cells after covering protests in Kazakhstan.
![Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 3, Uralsk to Kyzylorda Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 3, Uralsk to Kyzylorda](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-28-162647.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 3, Uralsk to Kyzylorda
By Cheryl L. Reed
What began as peaceful protests in both Uralsk and Kyzylorda diverged sharply.
![Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 2, Aktobe to Atyrau Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 2, Aktobe to Atyrau](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-27-154254.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 2, Aktobe to Atyrau
By Cheryl L. Reed
As protests persisted in early January 2022, police began to crack down on protesters and summon journalists for questioning.
![Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 1, Zhanaozen to Aktau Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 1, Zhanaozen to Aktau](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-27-144554.jpg)
Kazakhstan’s Bloody January: Day 1, Zhanaozen to Aktau
By Cheryl L. Reed
As 2022 began, unrest sparked in a familiar cauldron in western Kazakhstan’s discontented oil towns.
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