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16 December 2011
70 Dead & 500 wounded by riot police in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan oil workers and their supporters had today planned a peaceful demonstration in Zhanaozen. The authorities, however, are inflicting brutal repression
14 December 2011
Kazakhstan - 20 years of authoritarianism!
On 16 December 2011, the Republic of Kazakhstan celebrates 20 years as an independent state, a status it achieved as the Soviet Union collapsed, writes International day of solidarity action with workers' organisations.
30 November 2011
Kazakhstan: Demand Georgii Epshtein's release!
There is new evidence that the Kazakh authorities' charges against Russian Committee for a Workers' International member Georgii Epshtein have been completely fabricated
24 November 2011
Arrested in Kazakhstan - Free Georgii Epshtein!
Georgii Epshtein, a leading member of the Russian CWI, on a visit to Kazakhstan, was arrested by the police in the office of the "Leave People's Homes Alone" campaign in Almaty
2 November 2011
Tony Blair advises Kazakhstan's dictatorial regime
Press reports in the past week have revealed a very close relationship between former Labour prime minister Tony Blair and Nursultan Nazarbayev, the dictatorial ruler of mineral-rich Kazakhstan, writes Ken Douglas.
20 October 2011
Solidarity appeal: Stop Kazakh state brutality
A protest against attacks on trade unionists in Kazakhstan was held outside the Kazakhstan Business Forum in London, this morning
Opposition in Kazakhstan
21 September 2011
Kazakhstan: Dictatorial regime threatens socialist activists
"Kurmanov to be jailed?" is the headline emblazoned on the front page of Vzglyad, a business newspaper in Kazakhstan
16 September 2011
Kazakhstan socialists under threat of imminent arrest
Two leading socialists in Kazakhstan, CWI members Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev, as well as other leaders of the Socialist Movement Kazakhstan (formerly 'Kazakhstan 2012'), face the threat of imminent arrest and imprisonment
10 August 2011
Support the oil workers on strike in Kazakhstan
Also, a trade union lawyer has been sentenced to six years in jail. The intransigent employer refuses negotiations...
3 August 2011
Kazakhstan oil strike: solidarity urgent
'We are not begging - we are demanding our rights!'...
21 July 2011
Kazakhstan - support striking oil workers
Kazakhstan oil workers in the west of the country working for the national oil company KazMunaiGas and some of its subsidiaries and contractors started strike action at the end of May which has been ongoing for over two months...
10 July 2011
Kazakhstan riot police attacked striking oil workers
On Friday, a wave of Kazakhstan "COBRA" riot police entered the town of Zhanaozen, west Kazakhstan, in an attempt to end a permanent demonstration and hunger strike by striking oil and gas workers and their families...
6 July 2011
Kazakhstan: Striking oil workers attempt to break news blockade
Further threats made against strike leaders and supporters: Oil workers' strikes in West Kazakhstan are now into their second month of taking strike action...
11 May 2011
Kazakhstan repression: Members of the Socialist Party staged a protest outside the Kazakhstan embassy in central London on Friday 6 May in support of trade union and socialist activists who are suffering repeated attacks and harassment by the Nazarbayev regime...
4 May 2011
May Day in Kazakhstan marked by attacks on socialists
The ruling parties in the former Soviet countries usually use May Day, international workers' day, in a cynical manner, organising official events to which people are expected to turn up to wave balloons and listen to speeches and pop music...
2 May 2011
May Day in Kazakhstan marked by attacks on CWI activists and supporters
Having been prevented from organising their own May Day event, activists of the socialist "Kazakhstan 2012" movement and Socialist Resistance Kazakhstan (the CWI in Kazakhstan) decided to participate in the official event...
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary, addresses Socialism 2010
17 December 2010
Socialism 2010: An inspirational weekend
Socialism 2010, hosted by the Socialist Party, was a great success
8 December 2010
Kazakhstan - a repressive and corrupt state
TIMUR KULIBAYEV is married to the daughter of Kazakhstan's dic-tatorial president Nursultan Nazarbayev, writes John Sharpe.
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