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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11606

23 August 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 20
NEWS BRIEFS / Kazakhstan
EU welcomes release of political opponent

22/08/2016 (Agence Europe)On Saturday 20 August, a spokesperson for the European External Action Service welcomed the conditional release of "prominent" human rights activist and Kazakh political opponent Vladimir Kozlov, who had been in prison since 2012 following the Zhanaozen events of 2011 when the town was the scene of worker demonstrations.  In a press release, the spokesperson stated: "Further steps should now follow, leading to the full rehabilitation and release of all those...