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Kazakhstan’s Clashes: Most Violent and Deadly Since the Country’s Independence

Kazakhstan’s Clashes: Most Violent and Deadly Since the Country’s Independence

Recent riots in Zhanaozen and Shetpe in the Mangystau province in western Kazakhstan have resulted in at least 16 deaths and over 100 injured. This information is according to the Kazakh authorities although unverified eye witness accounts and human rights groups put the death toll at more than 50. The number of those wounded in […]

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