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"Madam President, after months of peaceful social protest, oil industry workers were shot and killed by the police in the city of Zhanaozen, western Kazakhstan, on 16 December 2011. Their legitimate demands for social justice and a better life were met with bullets. An investigation is ongoing. So far, no results have been publicly released; however, the prosecutor’s office made an official statement justifying the use of weapons. Repression is continuing.
No less worrying is the fact that, right after the parliamentary elections in January won by the ruling Nur Otan party with 80% of the vote, opposition leaders and journalists were detained. It seems that every effort is being made to silence critical voices. While recognising the important role of Kazakhstan as a partner of the EU in Central Asia, I also believe that the country should show more progress in reforming its political system and in respecting human rights and the freedom of the media.
In this context, German Chancellor Merkel last week signed contracts worth EUR 3 billion with President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. While we might call that understandable, what is not understandable – and is even shameful – is that the right wing in this Parliament rejected the request for a resolution on Kazakhstan, obviously in order to downplay criticism of Ms Merkel."@en1
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