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Jailed Kazakh dissident Aron Atabek, whose whereabouts were unknown for several weeks, has been located in his old penal colony in the central Qaraghandy region.
A Kazakh lawyer who was undergoing forced treatment in a psychiatric clinic has been discharged from an institution in Astana.
As authorities in Astana continue to investigate a mysterious video that purports to show Kazakh citizens preparing for jihad in Syria, two families have stepped forward and identified two of the men shown in the video.
A 20-minute video posted to YouTube last week shows a large group of Kazakhs, including toddlers, teens, and young adults, who claim they have joined jihadist rebels in Syria.
Sayan Khairov is charged with involvement in the deaths of 11 people -- forest rangers and family members -- and with illegally crossing the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border. He confessed on illegal border-crossing charges but said he was not in Kazakhstan when the killings took place.
A Kazakh lawyer who is undergoing forced medical treatment in a psychiatric clinic says she has been told to undergo a new "psychiatric assessment" before any decision is made on her release.
A Presbyterian pastor in Kazakhstan has been rearrested, minutes after his transfer to house arrest.
A court in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, has suspended the operations of an opposition newspaper for three months.
A court in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, has suspended the operations of an independent newspaper for three months.
An independent journalist and civil society activist in Kazakhstan has been released from a pretrial detention center.
Eight people remain in hospital following a riot sparked by the cancellation of a popular singer's concert in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty.
An independent newspaper in Kazakhstan has lost the appeal against its suspension.
A Kazakh court has ruled that the forced psychiatric hospitalization of a lawyer who complained about a government official is legal.
Prison inmates in Kazakhstan's western city of Oral have injured themselves to protest their treatment.
Hearings have resumed into whether a Kazakh lawyer was legally admitted into a psychiatric hospital.
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has refused to review the case of jailed opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov.
A Kazakh district court has ordered an Orthodox priest deported for administrative violations.
Investigations are being launched into claims that more than 30 young patients contracted the hepatitis C virus while undergoing treatment for leukemia at a medical center in the Kazakh capital.
The chairman of Kazakhstan's opposition Azat (Free) party, Bolat Abilov, and opposition activist Marat Zhanuzaqov have been detained in Almaty.
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