In 2011, a seven-month-long strike in a Kazakh oil town came to tragic end. Six months after I reported on the Zhanaozen massacre, I returned to a city where silence had won.
Protesters at Union Square in San Francisco holding a demonstration criticizing the government of Kazakhstan's response to the recent 2011 Mangystau riots. Photo CC BY-SA 3.0: Amineshaker / Wiki. Some rights reserved.
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