State Department Report on International Religious Freedom Released
(September 6, 2000)

Kazakhstan Government Under Suspicion In Fire at Almaty
Fire Destroys Almaty Office (November 19, 1999)

State Department Human Rights Report on Kazakhstan
(March 1, 1999)

UCSJ Bureau Director Receives Democracy and Civil Society Award
Zhovtis recognized for human rights work in Kazakhstan (June 4, 1998)

Kazakhstan--Antisemitism, 1995-7: A UCSJ Report
(January 1, 1998)

KAZAKHSTAN IN TURMOIL OVER UNPAID WAGES AND SOCIAL BENEFITS
A Report from UCSJ's Kazakh-American Human Rights Bureau in Almaty (February 24, 1998)

Kazakh Workers Stage Hunger Strike to Protest Wage Arrears
Solomin: "The government does not want to dialogue with us to settle the problem." (January 21, 1998)

Reuters reports that 1,050 people in southern Kazakhstan have waged a hunger strike because they are owed $7.1 million in back pay. Leonid Solomin, president of Kazakhstan's independent labor confederation, states that the government has ignored or suppressed all peaceful demonstrations that have called attention to this problem.More on Solomin

Leaders of Kazakhstan's Opposition Arrested; One Member Beaten While Attending Human Rights Conference in Kyrgyzstan
A report from UCSJ's Almaty bureau (January 6, 1998)

Torture in Kazakhstan-A Special Report to UCSJ
By Maria Pulman, staff attorney and caseworker Kazakhstan-International Bureau on Human Rights in Almaty, written Oct. 20, 1997 (December 12, 1997)

Solomin Case is Closed (September 15, 1997)

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