![]() Hugh Williamson, director of the HRW's Europe and Central Asia division, accused the former prime minister of acting as "a spin doctor for how to best manage the fallout from the massacre," rather than seeking to effect change. It said torture remained common and referred to restrictions on free speech, dissent and religious worship. In its World Report 2014, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the country's "poor human rights record continued to deteriorate in 2013". ![]() The government blamed the opposition for events in Zhanaozen, jailing alleged ringleader Vladimir Kozlov amid an international outcry and closing his party.Īctivists say Blair's appointment has produced no change for the better or advance of democratic rights. The former Labour leader's consultancy, Tony Blair Associates, set up in the capital, Astana, in October 2011, signing a multi- million pound deal to advise Kazakhstan's leadership on good governance, just months after Nazarbeyev was controversially re-elected with 96% of the vote and weeks before the massacre. But give us credit for the huge change of a positive nature we have brought about". One read: "By all means make your points and I assure you we're listening. In the letter, obtained by the Sunday Telegraph he also suggested passages to be inserted into a speech the president was giving at the University of Cambridge aimed at counteracting any bad publicity. ![]()
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