Almaty’s journalists witnessed Kazakhstan’s largest city roil with protests, peaceful at first, then become engulfed in deepening anger and shocking violence.
The widow of a man killed in the bloody January uprising in Kazakhstan says officials have put pressure on her in an apparent bid to get testimony for the government's version of events.
The Kazakh president has proposed reducing the powers of his office and also banning the president’s direct relatives from occupying high-ranking positions in the public sector. But critics dismiss the proposal as a populist move.
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