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  • ...on|title=Kazakhstan Human Rights Practices|series=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices|publisher=Department of State|publication-place=United States|dat ...ravda'' published in January 2004, "Kazakhs face a hidden threat", written by a non-staff writer of the paper, claimed that [[Uyghurs in Kazakhstan|Uyghu
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  • ...apers convicted before court rules on case |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=4 December 2012 |work= |publisher=[[Reporters Without Border ...and [[cronyism]]. Scandals the paper exposed included the granting of oil rights to one of Nazarbayev's relatives; the disappearance of funds for an airport
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  • ...uld allow her to work with her father. She later stated that traveling the country with him and seeing the impact that media attention could have on life in r ...suffered serious brain damage when he was struck, apparently deliberately, by a car. His manuscript for a book on Kunayev was stolen while he was unconsc
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  • ..., legal and social state whose highest values are an individual, his life, rights and freedoms. ...nity of the people and the state power, inviolability of the Constitution, rights and freedoms of an individual and citizen.
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  • ...w.iranicaonline.org|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref><br>{{flag|Iraq}} (by [[Kurds]] and [[Iraqi Turkmens|Turkmens]])<ref name=IMFA>{{cite web|title=2 ...ch, 2008. "The traditional Nowrouz/Nowrooz celebrations, mainly celebrated by the Kurdish population in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, and other parts of
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  • ...rkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The country also borders on a significant part of the [[Caspian Sea]]. ...ulation|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population density]] of less than 6&nbsp;people per squa
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  • * [[Human rights in Kazakhstan|Human rights]] * [[LGBT rights in Kazakhstan]]
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  • {{Infobox country .../02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=68&pr.y=12&sy=2014&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=916&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=Kazakhst
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  • ...nd in the [[Bayan-Ölgii Province]] of [[Mongolia]]. Kazakh is also spoken by many ethnic Kazakhs through the former [[Soviet Union]] (approximately 500, ...bayev ordered the authorities to transcribe the Kazakh alphabet into Latin by the end of the year, thereby signalling the end of the Cyrillic alphabet as
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  • ...ional content in the [[Kazakh language]]. "Wiki" - means content generated by users, "Bilim" means knowledge. The organization was founded as a non-profit public foundation by [[Rauan Kenzhekhanuly]], Timur Muktarov, Nartay Ashim and Marat Isbayev in
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  • | country ={{flag|Kazakhstan}} ...ature and art, as well as statesmen and public figures, defenders of human rights, and others who have contributed to the spiritual or intellectual potential
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  • |<center>Awarded for outstanding achievements in the economic, social, and human development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.<ref name=egov/> ...command and control, high combat readiness of the troops and ensuring the country's defense; or for the excellent organization of military, external and inte
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  • ...ruary 27, 1972) is a [[Satire|satirical]] character, created and performed by comedian [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]. He is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] journalist an ...}</ref> was then picked up by [[Paramount Comedy 1]] and then subsequently by [[BBC Two]]'s Comedy Nation. These early versions of Borat were nearly iden
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  • * Four By Two Films | country = {{Plain list|
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  • ...ll as in countries where communism is [[Bans on Communist symbols|banned]] by the official law. ...lishment of a Socialist International. This was unveiled in 1914 and flown by the [[Irish Citizen Army]] during the 1916 [[Easter Rising]].
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  • ...rope]] treat the symbol very differently: some have passed laws banning it by claiming that it represents "a [[totalitarian]] ideology", but other countr ...tov, Mikhail (1996), ''The Russian Civil War (1) The Red Army''. Published by Men-At-Arms. ISBN 1-85532-608-6.</ref>
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  • [[Hindus]] in [[Kazakhstan]] are mainly of the [[ISKCON]] sect and by expatriate Hindus from India. ...mpany|Ispat]] International, a Soviet era steel plant which was taken over by the NRI businessman Shri L.N. Mittal. The plant, now called [[Ispat Karmet]
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  • ...filiated with the "Spiritual Association of Muslims of Kazakhstan", headed by a supreme [[mufti]].<ref>[http://www.religions-congress.org/content/view/12 The country is multiethnic, with a long tradition of tolerance and secularism.{{Citatio
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  • ...nce. Local officials attempt on occasion to limit the practice of religion by some nontraditional groups; however, higher-level officials or courts occas ...the country's constitutional guarantees of religious freedom and with the country's tradition of religious tolerance. U.S. government officials visited relig
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  • }}</ref> By 1994 the National Spiritual Assembly of Kazakhstan was elected<ref name="st ...ounder of the Bahá'í Faith.<ref name="russia" /><ref name="statement" /> By the 1880s an organized community of Bahá'ís was established in [[Ashgabat
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  • ...landlocked country]], and the [[List of countries and outlying territories by land area|ninth largest]] in the world, with an area of {{convert|2,724,900 ...and is characterised as authoritarian, with a government history of human rights abuses and suppression of political opposition.<ref name="time"/> Kazakhsta
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  • ...n, [[trafficking in women|women]], and [[trafficking of children|girls]] [[human trafficking|trafficked]] from [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan] ...reasing efforts to combat trafficking over the previous year, specifically by improving efforts to convict and sentence traffickers to time in prison. Th
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  • ...the position on the ranking, the bigger is the impact of terrorism in the country. Kazakhstan's 94th place puts it in a group of countries with the lowest im ...entral Asian Mujahedins members. Tashkent police found a mobile phone used by the terrorists at the site of one of the bombings. The police later found t
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  • ...de man|vetted]] (literally "crowned", with respective rituals and tattoos) by consensus of several ''Vors''. Vor culture is inseparable from [[prison gan Although [[Armenia]], [[Chechnya]], [[Estonia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Uzbekistan]] have
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  • ...'') '''Ioseliani''' (July 10, 1926 &ndash; March 4, 2003) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] politician, writer, [[Georgian mafia|thief-in-law]] and leader ...ional separatist elements. In February 1991, his organisation was outlawed by President [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] and he was imprisoned along with other Mkh
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  • ...mafia-killed-112/ |title=King of Russian Mafia ‘Grandpa Hassan’ killed by sniper in Moscow|publisher=RT|accessdate=16 January 2013}}</ref> ...mobster and [[thief in law]], who began his career operating in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], continued in [[Moscow]], [[Ural (region)|Ural]], [[Siberia]], [
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  • The Gldani prison scandal was a political scandal in the country of Georgia involving the recorded abuse of inmates in the Georgian prison s ...isi]], [[Batumi]], [[Poti]], [[Kutaisi]] and [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]]. Upset by images of graphic prisoner abuse, protestors demanded justice and promised
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  • ...ntion."<ref>[[Human Rights Watch]], [https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/kazakhstan World Report 2015: Kazakhstan], accessed October 2015.< ...stan, and the country has never held an election judged to be free or fair by the West.}}</ref>
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  • The congress was also attended by leaders of youth organizations from Kazakhstan, members of the party and th
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  • ...,575 elementary and secondary schools (grades one through eleven) attended by approximately 3.2 million students, and 244 specialized secondary schools w ...ed institutions of higher learning. Private education is increasing in the country, with about 5% of students enrolled in the private schools that remain larg
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  • ...ization with members from nine medical educational institutions across the country. * Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP)
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  • ...Central Election Commission]] of the Republic of [[Kazakhstan]], appointed by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2007. Sarsemba ...mmittee]].<ref>[http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/members.htm Human Rights Committee - Members]</ref>
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  • [[Kazakhstan]] is multiethnic country where the indigenous ethnic group - the [[Kazakhs]], comprise the majority ...accepted Russian rule in exchange for protection against repeated attacks by the western Mongolian Kalmyks. In the 1890s, Russian peasants began to sett
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  • ...zakhstan have either been assimilated into Kazakh society or have left the country.<ref>{{Harvnb|Akiner|1983|loc=381}}.</ref> ...of Meskhetian Turks were formed in Kazakhstan and they were not permitted by the Georgian government of [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] to return to their homela
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  • ...he [[sex chromosome]], Gagauzes are most proximal to Macedonians, followed by [[Greek Macedonia]]ns apart from [[Thessaloniki]], and others such as [[Bul ...azil]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Belarus]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Turkey]],<ref>http://russia.rin.ru/guides_e/7369.html</ref> a
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  • The largest group by far that the Russians have called "Tatars" are the [[Volga Tatars]], native ...tp://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/tatars.html Dada 韃靼 Tatars]" by Ulrich Theobald, chinaknowledge.de.</ref><!-- also written 達打, 達靼,
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  • ...pis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/tab5.xls Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424000000/htt .../www.refworld.org/country,,,,AUT,,5139cf902,0.html |title=Continuing Human Rights Abuses Force Chechens to Flee to Europe |publisher=Refworld |date= |accessd
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  • {{About|the East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship|all citizens of Russia, regardless of ethnicity|Citizenship ...y|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042053/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/main.php |archivedate=11 January 2010}}</ref>{{Failed
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  • ...injiang]] (新疆, meaning "new frontier") when the region was reconquered by the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[Pe ...l map showing the separation of Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Taklamakan) by the Tien Shan Mountains]]
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  • ...ony.pdf Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between J ...ft China during September 2000 {{Sic}} and traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, by way of Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.
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  • |title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through By the summer of 2009 Arkin's mental health had deteriorated so profoundly he
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  • ''Uyghur'' is often pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|iː|g|ər}} by English speakers, though an acceptable English pronunciation closer to the ...tory because the sound shift ð/ḏ > y did not appear to have taken place by this time.{{sfn|Golden|1992|p=155}} The etymology therefore cannot be accur
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  • ...Commander]] of the [[Korean People's Army]] (KPA), the [[List of countries by number of troops|fourth-largest standing army]] in the world. Kim's leaders ...s country in [[state terrorism]] and strengthened the role of the military by his ''[[Songun]]'', or "military-first", politics. Kim's rule also saw tent
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  • ...ttp://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm|title=Countries by Area|accessdate=26 August 2014|website=Nations Online Project}}</ref> ...kz.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref>http://belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/otrasli-statistiki/naselenie/demografiya_2/operativ
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  • ...tical reforms to position [[Kazakhstan]] among the top 30 global economies by 2050.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy Leads to Government Res ....<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan Overview|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kazakhstan/overview|website=www.worldbank.org}}</ref>
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  • ...ultan Nazarbayev]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Human Rights |url = https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR57/001/2014/en/1b90554f- ...what they saw as a stranglehold on collective bargaining and labor rights by the government.”<ref name="rferl.org"/> In mid-December, some workers in
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  • | ethnicity = [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] ...studies]], [[History of Russia|Russian history]] and [[History of Georgia (country)|Georgian history]]. He is an associate professor of history and social sci
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  • ...//www.atimes.com/c-asia/AI18Ag02.html Kazakhstan's Kazhegeldin conspicuous by his absence] Asia Times</ref> though many saw it as an act protesting [[aut ...state]] in [[Belgium]]. He denies the charges and said they were motivated by [[Politics of Kazakhstan|politics]].<ref name=ABSENCE/>
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  • ...">{{cite book|last=Bergner|first=Jeffrey T.|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008: Vols. I and II: Joint Committee Print, U. S. House of R
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  • ...nd-tourism-competitiveness-report-2017/country-profiles/#economy=KAZ|title=Country profiles|work=Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017|access-date=20 ...stical difficulties of travel in a geographically enormous, underdeveloped country.<ref name=Lillis/> Even for locals, going for holiday abroad may cost only
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