Millions have tuned in to watch live broadcasts of the trial of a former minister who is charged with murdering his wife. Lawyers and activists hope the mass viewership will prevent the authorities from backtracking in the fight against domestic violence.
Journalist Daniyar Moldabekov has dedicated the last two years of his life to covering the events known in Kazakhstan as Bloody January. But after intervention by “law enforcement,” the publisher of a book he wrote on the topic told him he would be unable to print it.
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The mayor of Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, says that all Soviet-era bomb shelters for civilians will be restored as security concerns grow across countries of the former Soviet Union after Moscow launched its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.