• Protests Discontent over gas prices puts Kazakhstan's president on the ropes

  • Conflict Kazakhstan's president orders "shoot to kill" against protesters

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged an end to the violence in Kazakhstan on Friday after nearly a week of protests that have cost the lives of several dozen people, against whom the country's president, Kasim-Yomart Tokáyev, ordered "shoot to kill" without warning.

"NATO allies are closely monitoring the situation in Kazakhstan.

We are concerned, we regret the loss of life and, of course, it is important that the violence end and that human rights are respected,

including the right to peaceful demonstrations .

and freedom of expression ", stressed Stoltenberg at the end of a meeting between the foreign ministers of the Alliance by videoconference.

The clash between protesters and the Kazakh forces continued this Friday and they

killed 26 people,

which they described as an "anti-terrorist" operation, especially in the city of Almaty.

To try to put an end to the protests, the Kazakh president has requested the help of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a military bloc in the post-Soviet space that groups six countries and is

led by Russia,

part of whose forces of pacification have already arrived in the country with the aim of

"stabilizing the situation."

The protests began due to the rise in the price of liquefied gas, which doubled as of January 1 when it went to the market system without state regulation, but

soon turned violent and took on a greater hue with demonstrations also against corruption, the worsening of living standards and the Kazakh clans

that control the country's economy.

Although the Kazakh President, Kasim-Yomart Tokáyev, accepted the resignation of the full Government and tried to curb the discontent, decreeing the return to the state regulation of the prices of basic necessities for a period of 180 days, the protests were turned into riots.

According to official data from the Kazakh Ministry of the Interior, the country's forces have killed 26 people, whom they have described as "criminals", in the special anti-terrorist operation they carry out to suppress protests in the country, especially numerous in the largest city. , Almaty.

Another 26 have been injured and

3,811 have been arrested.

In turn

, 18 law enforcement officers have died

in the violent protests that have shaken the Central Asian country since last day 2 and more than 740 have been injured.

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