Kazakh Hunger Strikers Demand Lifting Of Opposition Party Ban

Several Kazakh activists have launched a hunger strike in the country's largest city, Almaty, to demand the cancellation of a court decision to ban the opposition Koshe (Street) party. The June 21 protest was the second day of the hunger strike, which the activists had started the day before in front of the Esil district court. The court banned the party a year ago.