Karaganda Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (04/05)
Major cities: Astana (capital, June 1998), Almaty (former capital), Karaganda, and Shymkent. ... Population distribution: 56.4% of population lives in urban areas. Twenty-six cities had approximate populations of more than 50,000 in 1999--Astana (capital) more than 450,000, Almaty (former capital) 1.2 million, Karaganda 440,000, Shymkent 370,000, Taraz 340,000, Ust-Kamenogorsk 310,000, Pavlodar 300,000. ... [Read More]
Kazakhstan
Academic freedom is generally respected; however, as is the case for journalists, academics cannot violate certain restrictions, such as criticizing the President and his family. In March a part-time professor who was on sabbatical from Karaganda State University to participate in a lobbying campaign against amendments to the media law, was asked to resign after the Karaganda prosecutor's office ordered an investigation of her NGO. According to the activist, the Prosecutor's office questioned her extensively about the source of her funding, which was the NDI. No charges were brought against the NGO. Course topics and content generally are subject to approval by university administrations. There were reports that university students in private, as well as in state universities, sometimes had to pay bribes for admission and to get good grades. ... [Read More]
Eurasia – Educational Advising Centers – EducationUSA
Aktobe | Almaty | Astana | Karaganda | Shymkent | Uralsk | Ust-Kamenogorsk KAZAKHSTAN - Aktobe ... Karaganda 100008 ... BILIM EAC Karaganda ... [Read More]
Kazakhstan
Travel to certain areas bordering China and cities in close proximity to military installations requires prior permission from the government. In 2001, the government declared the following areas closed to foreigners: Gvardeyskiy village, Rossavel village, and Kulzhabashy railway station in Zhambyl Oblast; Bokeyorda and Zhangaly districts in Western Kazakhstan Oblast; the town of Priozersk and Gulshad village in Karaganda Oblast; and Baykonur, Karmakshy, and Kazakly districts in Kyzylorda Oblast. Americans traveling within Kazakhstan have on occasion reported local officials demanding documentation authorizing travel within their area of jurisdiction, even though they received permission from the Department of Migration Police, currently part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Americans should report any trouble ... [Read More]
Kazakhstan
Foreigners were required to obtain prior permission to travel to some border areas with China and cities in close proximity to military installations. The Government continued to declare the following areas closed to foreigners until at least 2006 due to their proximity to military bases and the space launch center: Gvardeyskiy village, Rossavel village, and Kulzhabashy railway station in Zhambyl Oblast; Bokeyorda and Zhangaly districts in Western Kazakhstan Oblast; the town of Priozersk and Gulshad village in Karaganda Oblast; and Baykonur, Karmakshy, and Kazakly districts in Kyzl Orda Oblast. However, foreigners could visit these areas with prior permission from the MVD. ... [Read More]
For the Record Newsletter – European Programs Branch
From January 27 to 31, four boys from the Boarding School for the Deaf attended a training on Internet basics at the IATP access site in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Meyram Omarbekov, a student from the boarding school, gathered this group of trainees on his own initiative after attending an IATP-supported Training of Trainers course. Participants spent two of the training days searching for information on the Internet for the very first time. Every trainee visited www.sluh.freenet.kz, the website for an IATP grant project for the hearing impaired. The trainees also spent time learning how to work with e-mail. Because people with hearing impairments perceive information and learn in a unique way, the participants understood one another's needs well and ... [Read More]
Kazakhstan
On December 28, by-elections were held for three vacant seats in the Mazhilis from single-mandate districts in Karaganda, Atyrau, and Pavlodar Oblasts. The election was announced on October 21 by the CEC, and candidates were given until November 29 to register. In Karaganda the two leading candidates-–Nikolay Usatov from the propresidential Otan party and Bulat Abilov from the moderate opposition Ak Zhol party–-were disqualified from the ballot 3 days before the election. Abilov appealed the CEC decision to the district court, which reinstated him; the oblast court upheld the CEC disqualification hours before the polls opened. In Pavlodar one candidate, Valeriy Maksimonko, was also a member of the district election commission, which under the election law should have disqualified him as a candidate. The CEC released preliminary results on December 29 that showed government-favored candidates winning all three seats. In two races, independent exit polling showed that the ma ... [Read More]
"For the Record" Alumni Newsletter – Office of Academic Exchange Programs, European Programs Branch
First Alumni Advisory Meeting Held in Karaganda ... First Alumni Advisory Meeting Held in Karaganda ... In mid-August alumni from various academic exchange programs met in Karaganda, Kazakhstan to discuss uniting alumni in the region and to develop an alumni network throughout Kazakhstan. The councils took a look at the Almaty alumni association by-laws and draft charter as a possible model. One of the long-term goals of the council is to focus on broadening civic education in Kazakhstan. ... [Read More]
Kazakhstan
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the various religious communities worship largely without government interference. Although local officials attempt on occasion to limit the practice of religion by some nontraditional groups, such attempts are usually corrected upon the intervention of higher-level officials or courts. The overall status of religious freedom improved during the period covered by this report. President Nursultan Nazarbayev continued an initiative to promote dialogue among religions; a second international conference drawing regional dignitaries and religious figures was held in September 2003. However, the President and other senior officials also spoke out on the need to contain religious extremism, and officials at all levels continued to regard religious extremism with concern. Instances of harassment of religious organizations by local officialsdecrease ... [Read More]
Kazakhstan
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the various religious communities worship largely without government interference; however, local officials attempt on occasion to limit the practice of religion by some nontraditional groups. Such attempts are often corrected upon the intervention of higher-level officials or courts.The overall status of religious freedom improved during the period covered by this report. President Nursultan Nazarbayev began an initiative to promote dialog among religions; an international conference drawing regional dignitaries and religious figures was held in February. However, the President and other senior officials also spoke out on the need to contain religious extremism, and officials at all levels continued to regard religious extremism with concern. Followi ... [Read More]
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