Kazakhs arrested in Referendum 'Coffin Protest'
12.01.2011
Police in Almaty have detained several activists staging a mock "burial of democracy" to protest a proposed referendum on extending President Nursultan Nazarbayev's term in office, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
The protest, held in front of the offices of the pro-presidential Nur-Otan party in Almaty, was organized by the NGO "Rukh...