Kazakhstan sentences 19 for protest against repression in China’s Xinjiang region

April 16, 2026
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A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

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