Dissident Kazakh Writer dies in Western China

    Prominent Kazakh writer and dissident Qazhyghumar Shabdan died today at the age of 85 while under house arrest in China's Xinjiang Province, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.     Shabdan spent almost 40 years in Chinese jails for his participation in underground dissident movements. He was best known for defending the rights of western...