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ALMATY (TCA) — The latest violence in Aktobe, here in Kazakhstan, is leaving the authorities and sideliners in the dark. If it was the work of a gang or terrorist group acting on the orders of either Daesh or Al-Qaeda from their remote strongholds in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan or part of a more secular conspiracy against the Kazakh state, no one seems to be able to explain. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s Supreme Court sentenced leaders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) on June 2 to lengthy prison terms on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, Human Rights Watch, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, and the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia said on June 7. The sentences, including two life terms, followed an unfair trial initiated in retaliation for their peaceful political opposition and reflect the government’s pervasive manipulation of the justice system and egregious violations of the right to freedom of expression, the joint statement said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan have accused a detained businessman of funding recent mass antigovernment protests against land privatization as part of a plot to seize power, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As Kyrgyzstan marked the Day of Parliamentarism on June 4, Kyrgyz MP Dastan Bekeshev said that parliamentary democracy is still developing in Kyrgyzstan. "It is too early to say that the parliamentary governance has been established in Kyrgyzstan, so it is necessary to further strengthen it,” he said at the roundtable dedicated to the development of the parliamentary system in Kyrgyzstan. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s court has sentenced two leaders of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) to life imprisonment while other prominent party members have received lengthy prison terms. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Security forces in Kazakhstan detained hundreds of journalists, activists, and demonstrators on May 21 in various Kazakh cities amid a call by the opposition for nationwide demonstrations against changes to the country’s Land Code, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
