Kazakhstan detains nearly 1,700 more after violent unrest

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakh authorities said Wednesday they detained 1,678 more people in the past 24 hours over their alleged participation in the violent unrest that rocked the former Soviet nation last week, the worst since Kazakhstan gained independence three decades ago.

The additional detentions, reported by authorities in Almaty, the country’s largest city that was hit the hardest by the turmoil, brought the total number of arrests to about 12,000. More than 300 criminal investigations into mass unrest and assaults on law enforcement officers have been opened.

Protests over soaring fuel prices erupted in the oil- and gas-rich Central Asian nation of 19 million on Jan. 2 and quickly spread across the country, with political slogans reflecting wider discontent over the country’s authoritarian government.

As the unrest mounted, the authorities attempted to mollify the protesters and announced a 180-day cap on fuel prices. The ministerial Cabinet resigned, and Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country’s former longtime leader, was ousted from his influential post of head of the National Security Council.

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[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. So, AP, not much at all to do with gas prices...common folk yearning for democracy and out

from under the yolk of fascists…that clear enough now? Report that now, cant cover that up anymore. Who dies over gas prices too high day after day?? Ever?

Applaud these people, it’s a democratic revolution and the fascists are scared world wide that the world has had enough of them.