Nurtai Lakhanuly is a freelance correspondent for RFE/RL's Kazakh Service.
An ethnic Kazakh man from China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, Sarsenbek Aqbar, has reunited with his family in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, after serving almost three years in a Chinese labor camp and two years under house arrest.
Kazakhs who have been protesting the disappearance of their relatives within Xinjiang's camp system have been threatened and arrested ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to their country.
Relatives of Kazakh citizens who were handed lengthy prison terms on charges of taking part in mass disorder and stealing firearms during unprecedented anti-government protests in January that left at least 238 people dead have demanded their release or a retrial.
Zhazira Asenqyzy was a popular author and successful entrepreneur until her world came crashing down when she was thrown into one of China's notorious camps in its Xinjiang Province where Muslims are sent without charges or a trial.
Police in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, have detained six protesters who were demanding the release of relatives they say are being illegally held in China.
An ethnic Kazakh man from China's northwestern region of Xinjiang has received a certificate confirming his Kazakh citizenship after serving 16 years in Chinese custody.
An ethnic Kazakh from China's northwestern province of Xinjiang has been deported from Slovakia to Ukraine after he attempted to illegally cross the two counties’ border, a Kazakh activist says.
An ethnic Kazakh woman says she was forced to have an abortion while Chinese officials were threatening to put her in one of the "reeducation" camps that were recently condemned by the United Nations.
A pending court case in Kazakhstan has provided new evidence that ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities in western China are being rounded up in "reeducation camps."
Having a large family is cause for celebration, but Kazakhstan is no longer rewarding hero moms unless they can prove they are good parents.
