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The General Prosecutor’s Office confirmed on April 29 that former minister of internal affairs Yerlan Turgumbayev was detained for abuse of power. A special court in Astana confirmed on May 2 that he will be kept in pre-trial detention for two months. Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Turgumbayev as minister of internal affairs in February 2019, just before resigning. Turgumbayev received strong criticism for his role during the repression of country-wide protests in January 2022, known in Kazakh as ‘Qandy Qantar’. ....
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Court hearings have continued in Astana all week in the trial of Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the former minister of economy, who is accused of beating and killing his wife Saltanat Nukenova. The trial is being live streamed, attracting the attention of millions. The high-profile case is also giving resonance to the ongoing debate on gender-based domestic violence in Kazakhstan. ....