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Published in: oDR: AnalysisHow Kazakhstan’s rising utility prices could lead to more deadly violenceThe government says price hikes are needed to fix crumbling infrastructure – but experts fear move will spark protests
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureFive ‘hidden’ feminist initiatives in Europe and EurasiaFive grassroots feminist initiatives in five different countries transcend mainstream narratives about women’s rights
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Published in: 50.50: NewsSexual violence laws enable impunity in Eurasia, report findsEquality Now is calling on Eurasian countries to amend sexual violence laws towards consent-based definitions
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Published in: oDR: OpinionToo little has changed in Kazakhstan in the year since ‘Bloody January’A ‘New Kazakhstan’ was promised after last January’s deadly protests. It looks a lot like the old oligarchic order
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Published in: oDR: FeatureNo justice for torture victims a year after Kazakhstan’s ‘Bloody January’Hundreds of people reported having been tortured by law enforcement during Kazakhstan’s bloody January. But justice...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureIs Kazakhstan’s film industry on the brink of international success?Netflix has shown interest in films made in Kazakhstan, but the industry needs to win an audience at home too
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan’s mothers formed a protest movement – and what they wantThe mothers claim they were first on the streets during the January protests, the largest and most violent in the...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Kazakhstan society is divided over the Russia-Ukraine warIn Kazakhstan, where a Soviet past still lingers, there are clear generational divides in opinion towards Putin’s invasion
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKazakh leader’s grandson under McMafia order was mystery client at collapsed London ‘golden visa’ firmUK accused of allowing ‘oligarchs to come and go with impunity and stash their cash here’
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Published in: oDR: NewsKazakhstan’s former president linked to $7.8bn in assets in UK companyExperts urge British government to unmask offshore owners of UK-registered firms after uncovering of vast assets...
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Published in: oDR: InterviewWhat really happened in Kazakhstan? A feminist perspectiveThe recent protests in Kazakhstan are over, but confusion reigns. Feminist and LGBT activist Zhanar Sekerbayeva...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionRentier capitalism and class warfare in KazakhstanBlame ‘free’ market reforms that benefit the rich and powerful at the expense of the working class for the country’s...
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Published in: oDR: NewsReporting on Kazakhstan’s chaos amid internet shutdowns and violenceJournalists have been subject to detentions or attacks, while internet blackouts left them unable to communicate for days
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Published in: oDR: InterviewAnger, injustice and politics brought people to the streets in KazakhstanExclusive: veteran human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis tells openDemocracy about how the tumultuous protests...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionThe week that changed Kazakhstan foreverAs Russian troops enter the country, hopes of a peaceful resolution are dashed
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAs Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in LondonLondon is home to some £530m in luxury property owned by the country’s ruling class
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and UkraineAcross Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies.
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationKazakhs are wary of neighbours bearing giftsWe asked ordinary people in Kazakhstan which great power they liked most. Despite its assistance during the COVID-19...
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Published in: oDRThey shot to kill: the massacre of Kazakhstan’s striking oil workers, eight years onEight years after the infamous massacre of striking oil workers and their supporters at Zhanaozen in western...
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Published in: oDRIn Kazakhstan, transgender people face discriminationIn Kazakhstan, transgender persons have the right to surgical procedures to change their sex – but little access to...
