Hundreds detained as Kazakhs protest 'rigged' election
Tuesday 11/June/2019 - 03:00 PM
The Kazakh Interior Ministry said on Tuesday police
detained about 200 people on Monday, in addition to 500 held a day earlier over
protests which are illegal in the former Soviet republic unless explicitly
allowed by the government, Euro news reported.
Heavy police presence was visible on the streets of Almaty
on Tuesday, with several National Guard personnel carrier trucks parked near
the focal spot of the previous two days of rallies.
The vote in which Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, an ally of
powerful ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev, was confirmed as president, has
prompted a series of public protests in the country.
