Jailed Kazakh Activist On Hunger Strike

RadioFreeEurope Tuesday 24th August, 2010

ALMATY -- The wife of jailed Kazakh activist Yermek Narymbaev says he has started a hunger strike, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.Narymbaev, 40, is the leader of the opposition Arman (Dream) movement...

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