50 Dead & 500 wounded by riot police in Kazakhstan
Fb | 16.12.2011 10:50 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World
By around 10 a.m., London time, 50 had already been killed, with at least 500 more wounded. Administrative buildings and the christmas tree in the center square have been set on fire. One of the buildings of the oil company, Uzenmunaigaz, was blown up. An information blockade has been set up, the CWI Kazakhstan website was blocked. At around 10:15 London time reports of tanks and military forces approaching from the city of Aktau.
Please send immediate protests to the Embassies in your own country and to the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry email:
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