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The behind-closed-doors trial has revealed nothing about the specific actions the former security services chief is said to have undertaken.

Kudebayev got out of the country by crossing into neighboring Kyrgyzstan and then flying to Turkey.

The way the filmmakers and authorities are working so closely has given rise to questions about who exactly is backing this movie, and why.

Activists say prosecutors need to do more to prove the government is serious about stamping out police abuse.

The government narrative is vague and full of holes.

The president is trying to move Kazakhstan on from the trauma 10 months ago, but the terms of the amnesty have not pleased everyone.

The former president’s inner circle is coughing up.

July has seen 100 convictions so far, but there is little faith in investigators’ impartiality.

In a matter of days, Darkhan Ualiyev lost his brother and then his freedom. His prospects look bleak.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has promised a new democratic order following unrest in January. But promises of reform come cheap in Kazakhstan.

Over 1,000 people are awaiting trial related to the unrest. Many were simply onlookers injured in the crossfire. They are now navigating a criminal justice system weighted firmly against them.

Tokayev says he is going to make it easier for more political parties to get registered.

Satybaldy appears to have been linked to the unrest in January.

Masimov was a long-time close associate of former President Nazarbayev.

Human Rights Watch argues that the government’s responses to January events fall short.

The call is a clear shot across the bow of former president Nazarbayev's family.

Investigators have accused a banned political group of also fomenting violence.

The 81-year-old former leader was last week removed as chair of the ruling party.

How the former president permeated Kazakh industry.

Allegations of atrocities are coming to light that will dog Kazakhstan’s leadership for years.

A post-protest moment to demolish the Nazarbayev personality cult has generated considerable exuberance, but there are those who remain skeptical it will translate into real change.

A Eurasianet contributor is facing prosecution for reporting on the lack of protests in his hometown of Stepnogorsk. Here he tells his story.

An unknown number of people were killed in the Shymkent unrest, which appears to have followed a pattern seen in Almaty: Provocateurs instigate violent clashes and police respond with deadly force.

The former president's long-awaited message arrives as a growing list of relatives and close allies are being purged from important positions in government and business.

The former president's nephew has been fired as deputy head of the powerful security services.