Kazakh Rights Activists Say Parole Denial Linked To Referendum

    Rights activists in Kazakhstan say a decision to deny parole to a prominent jailed human rights defender is likely connected with a planned referendum on extending the president's term in office, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.     Yevgeny Zhovtis, who is serving a four-year sentence for vehicular manslaughter, was denied parole on January...