Protests erupt in Kazakhstan after fuel price rise
Al JazeeraDemonstrators take to the streets for a third day amid widespread anger about lifting of price caps on liquefied petroleum gas. Protests against soaring energy prices took place in Kazakhstan for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, marking a rare show of mass public dissent in the former Soviet republic. The demonstrations initially erupted during the weekend in the town of Zhanaozen, in the oil-rich western Mangystau region, sparked by the lifting of price caps on liquefied petroleum gas. Protesters in Atyrau have broken police cordon and gathering at the main square, multiple roads closed https://t.co/qoxrlQ1lbC pic.twitter.com/fKY6aPy9f5 — Liveuamap January 4, 2022 Demonstrators in Zhanaozen, an oil industry hub where dozens of people were killed in protests in 2011 triggered by the sacking of oil workers calling for better pay and working conditions, demanded the price of LPG be halved from 120 tenge per litre to the level at which the fuel was sold last year. pic.twitter.com/v3nyflqIpo — RSF in English January 4, 2022 Public protests are rare in tightly controlled Kazakhstan, whose parliament is devoid of opposition, and deemed illegal unless their organisers file a notice in advance.
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