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A Kazakh-Spanish film about Soviet-era Spaniards held prisoners in a labor camp on the territory of present day Kazakhstan has won an award at the Jakarta Film Festival.

• 10 марта 2015, 13:29

Kazakhstani-Spanish The Forgotten of Karaganda documentary film has been awarded at the California Film Awards as the Best Documentary,

• 09 января 2015, 12:41

Five Guantanamo detainees have been released to Kazakhstan.

• 01 января 2015, 11:54

An American held hostage for six months in North Korea arrived home after his surprise release.

• 23 октября 2014, 12:47

Kazakhstan Parliament’s lower chamber, the Majilis, has ratified the Agreement on Extradition of Convicts between Kazakhstan and Italy.

• 16 октября 2014, 23:26

Italian citizen Flavio Sidagni who was released on parole in August will stay in Kazakhstan.

• 16 октября 2014, 14:54

Kazakhstan has recently introduced changes to the Criminal Code. In this regard, the state will allocate $13 million for electronic tagging devices for monitoring convicts.

• 29 сентября 2014, 15:04

Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners have suspended the hunger strike which they have observed in Israeli jails since late April, one of their lawyers said.

• 25 июня 2014, 16:55

The White House apologized for keeping lawmakers in the dark regarding the exchange of an American soldier for five Taliban fighters, senators said Tuesday, as controversy grew over the issue.

• 04 июня 2014, 12:17

The Ministry of Interior Affairs suggested introducing new regulations considering the appearance of convicts into the New Criminal Code.

• 25 апреля 2014, 16:58

Amir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, a Kazakhstani student arrested in Boston, has finally received his visa after 45 days of waiting.

• 23 апреля 2014, 21:37

Brainwashed from birth, under constant surveillance, cowed by the all-embracing state and facing the spectre of disappearing forever in its vast network of camps if they step out of line.

• 18 февраля 2014, 17:20

Kazakhstan national Asel Abdygapparova convicted for life in prison in the US is awaiting retrial and possible reduction of jail sentence.

• 12 февраля 2014, 16:44

Kazakhstan has the highest incarceration rate in Central Asia.

• 02 января 2014, 18:18

President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday the compromise US budget bill recently negotiated by feuding lawmakers and a massive defense measure that takes a step toward ultimate closure of Guantanamo.

• 27 декабря 2013, 17:20

Israel will announce plans for new settlement construction next week, coinciding with the release of a third batch of Palestinian prisoners as part of peace talks, an official said Thursday.

• 27 декабря 2013, 09:57

Kazakhstan is considering setting up production of electronic monitoring ankle-bracelets in one of its prisons.

• 15 декабря 2013, 17:09

Spanish courts are releasing serial rapists and killers under a European human rights ruling, terrifying their victims as authorities warn the convicts risk reoffending.

• 30 ноября 2013, 12:28

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty with China on transferring Kazakhstani convicts to Kazakhstan.

• 25 ноября 2013, 14:51

Doctors and nurses tasked with monitoring the health of terror suspects were complicit in abuses committed at prisons run by the Pentagon and the CIA.

• 04 ноября 2013, 18:00