Erlan Baltabai
Pressure mounts on Kazakh authorities to release protesting workers
There is still no clarity about the fate of as many as 20 workers who were arrested in the Zhanaozen region in February following protests by trade unions. Persecution of trade unions and their leaders has increased in recent years in Kazakhstan,
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