April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal
April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal
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uling classes and imperialist powers and the liquidation <strong>of</strong> the current<br />
semi-colonial state. In today’s conditions, neither Ouattara nor Gbagbo is<br />
capable <strong>of</strong> bringing an adequate response to this question.<br />
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/71954<br />
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Translated from the French by Benjamin Radley.<br />
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Pambazuka News.<br />
Reference<br />
[1] Samir Amin, ‘L’Aide’, The Case <strong>of</strong> Niger<br />
[2] According to the Management <strong>of</strong> External Economic Relations (DREE) <strong>of</strong><br />
the Ministry <strong>of</strong> French Industry, Economy and Finance, France is the largest<br />
investor in Côte d’Ivoire with 147 listed subsidiaries in 2003 and more than<br />
1000 companies belonging to French businessmen.<br />
[3] The Reign <strong>of</strong> Guei<br />
[4] Rassemblement de Républicains, the party <strong>of</strong> Alassane Ouattara<br />
[5] Ado Solutions<br />
Kazakhstan: Presidential election farce<br />
Opposition activist Esenbeck Ukteshbayev jailed - Call <strong>for</strong> protest<br />
pickets on 28 March<br />
CWI reporters, Kazakhstan 24 March <strong>2011</strong><br />
Kazakhstan’s well known opposition activist, Esen Ukteshbayev, is still in<br />
jail. He is due to be released on the evening <strong>of</strong> 30th March. Even in breach<br />
<strong>of</strong> this regime’s own laws, the KNB (country’s political police) are<br />
preventing him from having visitors or even food packages from relatives.<br />
This breach <strong>of</strong> his rights, following the court case in which he was denied<br />
legal representation or the right to appeal, is clearly on the instructions <strong>of</strong><br />
the ruling political elite. They are determined that this leader <strong>of</strong> the trade<br />
union and social movement should have no opportunity to continue<br />
campaigning <strong>for</strong> a boycott in the election.<br />
Activists throughout the country have been trying to organize pickets in<br />
protest at his arrest. Applications have been lodged to organize pickets on<br />
the 28th March so far in Karaganda, Almaty, Shymkent, Kostanai,<br />
Koksheyai and Ust Kamenogorsk. The organisers are demanding:<br />
The immediate release <strong>of</strong> Esenbek Ukteshbayev;<br />
• Freedom <strong>for</strong> trade union activities;<br />
• An end to pressure on trade union and social activists in the cities <strong>of</strong><br />
Mangistauska, Aktyubinsk and Karaganda;<br />
• Support <strong>for</strong> the just demands <strong>of</strong> the workers <strong>of</strong> “KazMunaiGaz,<br />
Aktobemunaigaz and other organisations in the gas sector demanding fair<br />
wages and and end to job cuts and attacks on their rights;<br />
• For the immediate reinstatement <strong>of</strong> the sacked trade unionists<br />
Karlybaya Tolibaeva, Kosain Kulmuratova and Serik Bitikbaev;