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ASTANA (TCA) — The Astana Military Court on November 7 sentenced Tokhtar Toleshov, a Kazakh businessman and the owner of Shymkent brewery, to 21 years in prison after he had been found guilty of extremism, illegal weapons possession, and attempting to overthrow the government, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — An OSCE-supported training seminar for some 40 law enforcement officials on investigating, freezing and recovering stolen assets, including those repatriated abroad, began on October 24 in Astana. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Union and the Kyrgyz Republic held their fourteenth Cooperation Committee meeting on 18 October in Brussels, reaffirming the commitment of both parties to strengthen cooperation in a number of areas, the EU Delegation in the Kyrgyz Republic said. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The upper house of Uzbekistan’s parliament, the Senate, on October 12 approved acting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's proposal for a mass amnesty of prisoners in Uzbekistan. The amnesty was adopted in honor of the country’s Constitution Day, which is marked on December 8. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — As a court in Astana on October 3 found Seitkazy Matayev, the head of the Kazakh Journalists Union, guilty of tax evasion and embezzlement and sentenced him to six years in prison, and his son, Aset, the director of the KazTAG news agency, was sentenced to five years on corruption charges, we are republishing this article by Aigerim Toleukhanova, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — This week Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament discussed a draft law "On the inviolability of private property". Continue reading
