Kazakhstan Cracks Down on Weekend Protests (Catherine Putz, The Diplomat)

On May 21, police in Kazakhstan kept people from protesting in several cities across the country. Security forces detained hundreds of people and more than dozen journalists–many were snatched from sidewalks near public squares, which were closed off by police cordons, chased down sidewalks, loaded onto buses, then released a few hours later

http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/kazakhstan-cracks-down-on-weekend-protests/