Eyewitness account from Independent Trade Union Leader in Kazakhstan
A leader of Amanat gives a brief overview of the recent events in Kazakhstan.
A leader of Amanat gives a brief overview of the recent events in Kazakhstan.
A spontaneous protest of about 30 people took place outside the Russian embassy in Berlin on 12 January, among them members of the German section
An explosion of anger has spread across Kazakhstan in the first days of January 2022. The spark was a doubling of the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas – the most common fuel used in the country. A state of emergency at least until January 19th has been announced in the second largest city, Almaty, (where the mayor’s office was stormed) and in Mangistau. Night curfews from 11.00pm to 7.00am have been imposed.
Campaign Kazakhstan was set up in Britain and Europe to support the workers’ movement in Kazakhstan and oppose the repressive measures of the Nazarbayev regime.
In the following eyewitness report, Igor Ushakov, who serves on the Almaty editorial board of the left-wing online magazine, ‘Krasnaya Yurt’, explains the events on 4-5 January in the Kazakhstan city of Almaty, where a working-class uprising against the regime took place.
Campaign Kazakhstan is calling for ‘commemorative’ messages like the one below to be sent to the Nazarbayev regime via local embassies and to the presidential
May 3rd is designated ‘International Day of Freedom of the Press’. It will come as no surprise that Kazakhstan comes very near the bottom of the
A court in Astana has sentenced Nurbek Kushakbaev, a union health and safety inspector working at an oil construction company, to two and a half
By Andrei Prigor, Astana On 22 December last year, the president of Kazakhstan signed amendments to the Administrative Code which mean everyone has to register with
Andrei Prigor, Astana, Kazakhstan In the spring of this year, Kazakhstan society was stirred up by the government making amendments to the law on land