Police in Kazakhstan’s biggest city were put on high alert overnight as protests against what many see as a rigged presidential election continued, resulting in hundreds of people being detained, police sources said on Tuesday. The vote in which Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, an ally of powerful ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev, was confirmed as president, has prompted a […]
Kazakhs
Disenchanted activists demand Kazakhs ‘wake up’ before presidential vote
In a country tightly run by one man for three decades, even small protests are a rarity. But ahead of Sunday’s presidential poll in Kazakhstan, some activists are risking jail Dressed in a plain grey sweatshirt, with short black hair shaved at the sides, Asya Tulesova is defiant of the danger she faces in the […]