[Link] Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers

Read: 3/4/2022 www.aljazeera.com

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has proposed constitutional reforms to limit the powers of his office, saying the country needed to switch from “superpresidential” rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament.

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[Link] State of emergency declared in Kazakh capital as protests escalate

Read: 5/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, have stormed the presidential residence and mayor's office and set both buildings on fire, according to news reports, as demonstrations sparked by a rise in LPG prices in the Central Asian nation escalated sharply.

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[Link] Facebook lets Kazakh govt directly flag harmful content, joint statement says

Read: 4/11/2021 www.reuters.com

ALMATY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (FB.O) has granted the Kazakh government access to its content reporting system, after the Central Asian nation threatened to block the social network for millions of local users.

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