{"id":47977,"date":"2021-02-21T10:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T10:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=165030"},"modified":"2021-02-21T10:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T10:43:42","slug":"majlis-podcast-despite-promises-are-rights-abuses-in-kazakhstan-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/21\/majlis-podcast-despite-promises-are-rights-abuses-in-kazakhstan-getting-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Majlis Podcast: Despite Promises, Are Rights Abuses In Kazakhstan Getting Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Kazakhstan\u2019s first president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, officially stepped down from office in March 2019 and Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev became president, Toqaev promised changes to a system that had not changed very much in nearly 28 years.<\/p>\n
There were many fair words about reforms, but nearly two years later Kazakhstan\u2019s political system looks to be much the same as it has been.<\/p>\n
On February 10, the European Parliament released a joint motion<\/a><\/strong> for a resolution that detailed the many areas where Kazakhstan continues to fall well short of its commitments to respect basic rights.<\/p>\n