Kazakhstan protests

Duman Mukhammedkarim was accused of financing an extremist group and participating in a banned group's activities for sharing an interview he’d conducted with Mukhtar Ablyazov.

Kazakh President Tokayev said in tweet that it was the “duty” of all to “learn the terrible lessons of the past and do everything possible so that such events do not happen again in the future.” What about the present?

The time has come to re-evaluate Kazakhstan’s social contract. Is President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev up to the challenge?

Former Majilis speaker Nurlan Nigmatulin seems to have lost power. 

Worker disputes and demands for fair employment policies have continued since the violence of 2011. 

Does Kazakhstan owe Russia a “debt” for Moscow’s help in January? And what should we make of Kazakhstan’s neutral position on the unfolding conflict in Ukraine?

Though smaller in scale, ongoing protests highlight the economic inequality that lies at the center of Kazakh discontent.

Officially, 227 people were killed in “Bloody January” and nearly 1,000 remain in detention. But what really happened?

“They fight among themselves for power, and ordinary people suffer.”

A blue line was crossed; the international community must respond.

The statement from the First President came just after evidence of elite conflict began surfacing in earnest, with suggestions of a purge of Nazarbayev elites.

Tashkent reiterated its anti-CSTO sentiments and says it can independently control domestic issues if needed. 

In a statement, several U.N. special rapporteurs condemned Kazakhstan’s broad use of the term “terrorism.”

There was no radical change in the composition of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s team.

The bizarre story illustrates a wider set of concerns as the Kazakh government claims to have arrested nearly 8,000 people in the wake of a week of chaos in Kazakhstan. 

Seeking control, the Kazakh government shut down the internet. But the long-term effects may only necessitate continued crackdowns.

A day after being dismissed as head of the KNB, Massimov was arrested. The news sheds additional light on the complex web of politics and violence at play.

Tokayev called international urging for the government to negotiate with protesters "idiocy."

As CSTO troops start their operations in Almaty, the president seems to be losing authority.

For the first time since its 1994 founding, the CSTO has agreed to deploy forces to a member state.

In a January 5 televised address, Kazakhstan's president followed a familiar script: blame the unrest on a conspiracy.

Ten years after the Zhanaozen massacre, has justice been served?

The Kazakh state still has the final say in who is allowed to engage in public demonstrations.

In the first half of 2021, there were more strikes in Kazakhstan than in the entire 2018 to 2020 period.