A turbulent February in Kazakhstan: hundreds of detained and persecuted participants of peaceful assemblies
Kazakhstan, Nazarbayev, Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, freedom of assembly, protests, mass detentions, peaceful protests, Nur Otan, 07 March 2019
In February 2019, mass peaceful protests, unprecedented in their scale and nature of demands, were held in different regions of Kazakhstan. Protesters complained of poverty and corruption, demanding reforms, improvement of social security and the resignation of the President.