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The article highlights the efforts of the Kazakh government, under the administration of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, to suppress the least hint of dissent. Topics discussed include the arrest of people during a public holiday in March 2018, the decision of the Kazakh court to ban Mukhtar Ablyazov's political movement Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, and the Kazakh government's decision to block popular social networks and messaging apps including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.