Giant Kazakhstan dictatorship seems to be following Russia to increase repression of opposition

Kazakhstan fetes Nazarbayev under shadow of crackdown

AFP – Kazakhstan this weekend celebrates a new national holiday honouring strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev, at a time when opposition groups are complaining of an unprecedented crackdown under the country’s first and only leader since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Saturday’s holiday will take place.

What’s Going On in Central Asia?

EFF – Something is amiss in Central Asia. Just last Friday, Kazakh news site Tengri News reported that officials from Kazakhstan’s General Prosecutor’s office were refuting earlier claims that prosecutors had filed lawsuits against Google, Facebook, and Twitter. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles