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Date this page was updated 01.06.06
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US lawyer of President Nazarbayev lost yet another case
Bloomberg, 26 May 2006

Kazakhstan is not a democracy, Nazarbayev is not a democrat
The New Vision, 15 May 2006

Kazakh Opposition at EU institutions
http://eurasia.org.ru/, 26 Apr 2006

Aina-Plus newspaper shut down
http://eurasia.org.ru/ ,14 Apr 2006

European Parliament resolution on Kazakhstan
16 March 2006 – Strasbourg

In memory of patriot and champion of justice
Geneva, 14 November 2005

Bad-tempered people for a silly mullah.
IAC EURASIA-Internet, June 29, 2005

Opposition for Export
Deutsche Welle, June 19, 2005

Kazhakhs Play Hardball with Operators, Terms
June 6, 2005

Kazakh Opposition Convinced the Department of State
Deutsche Welle, May 22, 2005

Kazakh opposition leader promotes democracy in the US
May,20 2005

Preliminary Comments on the Draft Law
“On Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on National Security Issues”
14.05.2005

Kazakhstan: Opposition facing hurdles well ahead of presidential poll
RFE/RL,May, 13, 2005

Kazakh Opposition Seeks Real Political Power
RFE/RL, November 25, 2004

Nazarbayev cornered
Economist Intelligence Unit - ViewsWire, Number: 301, 2003

Kazakh democracy faces a new threat
Central Asia - Caucasus Analyst, February 26, 2003

Kazakhstan’s critical choice
EurasiaNet, January 13, 2003

The isolation of Kazakhstan.
Asia Times Online, December 6, 2002

Ambitions of the middle class
A new political force could trouble the president
“The Economist”, October18, 2002

Kazakstan: New Cyber Front in Media Battle
Kazak internet service providers restrict access to opposition web sites.
IWPR, June 25, 2002

Kazakhstan: European Parliament singles out opposition leader for recognition.
EurasiaNet, June 15, 2002

EU says Kazakhstan backslides on democracy
Panorama, April 27, 2002

Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise.
Interview with Martha Brill Olcott Author, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment.
“Washington Post Online”, April 18, 2002

Nazarbayev media maneuver indicative of more conciliatory stance towards opposition
Alima Bisenova
EurasiaNet, March 20, 2002

Human Rights Watch World Report 2002
Kazakhstan
Human Rights Watch, 21 January 2002

Kazak Media Battle.
An increasingly public battle over the Kazak media is widely seen as the first stage in country's next presidential race.
IWPR, October 19, 2001

Kazaks attack constitution
In Kazakstan, the president counts for everything and the constitution for nothing
Dosym Satpaev
IWPR, 11 September 2001

Kazakhstan's upcoming plan for electing local administrators assessed unfavorably
as politically meaningless from the viewpoint of democracy and local self-government
"Agency for Political Studies", 1 August 2001

Kazaks attack constitution
In Kazakstan, the president counts for everything and the constitution for nothing
Dosym Satpaev
IWPR, 11 September 2001

Kazakhstan's upcoming plan for electing local administrators assessed unfavorably
as politically meaningless from the viewpoint of democracy and local self-government
"Agency for Political Studies", 1 August 2001

Gay Rights Violated in Kazakstan
Erbol Jumagulov in Almaty. Whatever the law says, public attitudes towards homosexuality are allowing for open intimidation and discrimination
IWPR, 25 may 2001

12 elephants of Kazakh democracy
Democracy is not for Kazakhstan
The Globe, 10 May 2001

1qw.gif (578 bytes)2000 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. Department of State, February 26, 2001
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/index.cfm?docid=798

Italian Senate voices deep concern
over Kazakhstan violations
Received via e-mail, 20 February 2001

Kazakhstan's political system-2000 as the worst version of the USSR-1980
Tair Farabi "Sometimes it takes one person to close the eyes to open the eyes of the millions"
Received via e-mail, December 2000

ttt1.GIF (825 bytes)Human Rights Watch releases a new report
On the eve of the International Human Rights Day Received via e-mail, 8 December 2000

hrv.gif (487 bytes)Human rights in Kazakhstan.
Information newsletter of Kazakhstan International bureau for human rights and rule of law (May 13 - June 3, 2000)

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U.S. Department of State, Human Rights Reports for 1999: Kazakhstan

1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
U.S. Department of State, February 25, 2000

OSCE/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN,01_25_reps.GIF (327 bytes) PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, 10 and 24 OCTOBER 1999, FINAL REPORT  
Warsaw, 20 January 2000

 

2005 elections in Kazakhstan

Kazakh president gains third term
as observers attack ballot methods 08 Dec 2005

Former Soviet republics use dirty tricks to sway polls
Many have mastered the art of preserving the appearance of democracy while seeking to produce a pre-determined result 07 Dec 2005

US Congress decries Kazakh elections
Statement of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 07 Dec 2005

Europe denounces the Nazarbayev election
Statement by the Presidency of the European Union 06 Dec 2005

West blasts fraud in Kazakhstan president's landslide win
Opposition called for the result to be annulled 06 Dec 2005

Kazakh election flaws
The Soviet-style numbers have little to do with democracy and everything to
do with consolidating the power of the authoritarian Mr Nazarbayev 06 Dec 2005

Kasachische Demokratie
OSCE must keep its minimum standard and not allow Kazakhstan chairmanship in 2009 06 Dec 2005

Election takes place quietly in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has never held fair or just elections 05 Dec 2005

Prasidentenwahl in einem Familienunternehmen
Das ol-und gasreiche Kasachstan ist fest in den Handen von Nursultan Nasarbajew 05 Dec 2005

Kazakh election flawed despite administrative improvements
Preliminary conclusions of the International Election Observation Mission 05 Dec 2005

International Election Observation Mission
Statement of preliminary findings and conclusions on presidential election in Kazakhstan 05 Dec 2005

Unfair and undemocratic
Leading world press about election in Kazakhstan 05 Dec 2005

Aufruhr im Steppenland
Der Spiegel, 4 Dezember 2005, Uwe KLUSSMANN

"Farbige Revolutionen" auch in Zentralasien?
Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 3 Dezember 2005

Kasachstan: Wirtschaftswunderland mit politischem Defizit
HANDELSBLATT, Freitag, 02. Dezember 2005, Astana

Huter des "friedlichen Himmels"
Die Welt, 2 Dezember, Manfred QUIRING

Demonstrations feared in Kazakhstan
The Associated Press By JIM HEINTZ, December 2‚ 2005

 

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