Security Reports and News by Country : Kazakhstan

Security Reports and News by Country : Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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Kazakh activist appeal rejected

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan
21 Oct 2009 A court in Kazakhstan has rejected an appeal by a prominent human rights activist who was jailed for manslaughter in September. more...

Kazakhstan not a nuclear threat, official says

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan
20 Oct 2009 A Kazakhstan government official says that, contrary to recent reports, his country is not looking to do nuclear deals with countries that have a mixed record on proliferation. more...

Demise Of Aral Sea Seen Sparking Military Conflicts Ikn Central Asia

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
30 Sep 2009 The demise of the Aral Sea, the loss of which is already having an adverse effect on two-thirds of the 50 million people in Central Asia, is rapidly increasing tensions in the capitals of the five countries of the region and could spark new and larger military conflicts among them, according to a Russian expert. more...

Huge fire kills 38 at Kazakhstan drug rehab centre

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan
13 Sep 2009 Thirty-eight people were killed on Sunday when a fire ripped through a drugs treatment facility in a city outside Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, emergency officials said. There was no information on what caused the fire, which began at roughly 5:30 am (2330 GMT Saturday) in Taldykorgan, but officials said the blaze spread rapidly because firefighters were not informed quickly enough more...

13 missing in Kazakhstan helicopter crash: official

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan
8 Sep 2009 Thirteen people were missing Tuesday after a Kazakh border patrol helicopter crashed in a remote region in the south of the Central Asian state, the state security services said. more...

Reports

Kazakhstan 2009 Crime & Safety Report

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan
11 Aug 2009 This is an annual report produced in conjunction with the Regional Security Office at U.S. Embassy Astana more...

Crime & Safety

Kazakhstan 2009 Crime & Safety Report

South / Central Asia - Kazakhstan
11 Aug 2009 This is an annual report produced in conjunction with the Regional Security Office at U.S. Embassy Astana more...

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