Kazakhstan: protesters badly beaten and seven imprisoned.

Hundreds of opposition activists have marched in Astana, Kazakhstan. Many have been arrested; seven, including Esenbek Ukteshbaev, have been given 15 days imprisonment.

See www.socialistworld.net for more information and for details of where to send protests.

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