Nazarbayev signs Prison Amnesty

    Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a prison amnesty for some 16,000 prisoners and suspects, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported December 28, quoting the presidential press office.,     Justice Minister Rashid Tusupbekov said earlier in December that the measure, meant to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, would free 2,142 inmates. Other inmates...