Authorities are facing tough choices in Kazakhstan, as demonstrations against plans to sell and rent swathes of farming land threaten to evolve into a broader anti-government movement. Some analysts ...

Kazakhstan is taking stock after the worst social unrest in years erupted over the weekend, denting the country’s carefully cultivated image as a haven of stability. Anti-government demonstrations are ...

While the June 5 shooting in the Western town of Aktobe, Kazakhstan, has dominated the headlines in Central Asia in recent days, sidelining coverage on the politics of land reform, within the country, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALMATY (Reuters) - Hundreds of people staged street protests in two cities in Kazakhstan on Wednesday over land reform, Kazakh ...

(Berlin) – Two land rights activists will go on trial in Kazakhstan on October 12, 2016, on unfounded criminal charges stemming from a peaceful protest, Human Rights Watch said today. A court in ...

The crowd parts as the elderly woman in the conservative beige overcoat and white head scarf makes her way to the front, demanding to be heard. "We will never allow them to sell our land!" Ogiza ...

Hundreds of people rallied in Kazakhstan's northwestern city of Aqtobe and northeastern city of Semei on April 27 to protest the government's decision to privatize public land through auctions ...