MEPs adopted - by 589 votes to 35 with 47 abstentions - a motion for a resolution reacting to the crackdown on January protests in Kazakhstan, on Thursday 20 January.
In the text, the elected representatives ask the Kazakh authorities to abide by their “international obligations and respect human rights and fundamental freedoms”. They call on the EU and the international community to monitor events in the country, but also to open an international investigation into the crimes...