A group of ethnic Kazakhs originally from China have urged the U.S. and Russian presidents to help secure the release of their relatives whom they say are being held at so-called “reeducation camps” in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang.
The former chief of the Kazakh Journalists' Union, Seitqazy Mataev, who was sentenced to six years in prison last year for embezzlement and tax evasion, has been released from a penal colony after serving less than 20 months of his prison term.
The first-ever train connecting the capitals of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan has concluded its first trip.
Kazakhstan is bracing for more protests as the authorities round up more activists amid growing discontent over a controversial land law.
