The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Bosnia-Herzegovina has set October 2 for general elections, despite the failure of politicians to agree on electoral reforms and a 2022 budget that will provide funds for the vote.
A Kazakh court has replaced another activist's prison sentence with a parole-like penalty amid an outcry by human rights groups over political prisoners in the tightly controlled former Soviet republic.
Several people were detained in Almaty on May 1 ahead of a planned rally by a banned political movement the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan. It was not clear how police decided whom to arrest because no one was visibly rallying. May 1 is the Day of Unity of the People of Kazakhstan.
A court in Kazakhstan has allowed the early release of an opposition activist who was sentenced to five years in prison in October on extremism-related charges that he and his supporters have rejected.