In contrast to this portrait of the demonstrators as hardened militants, several thousand demonstrated peacefully Friday in the city of Zhanaozen, one of the first hot spots of the riots. They issued the most specific list of demands to date, asking for a change in power, freedom for civil rights activists and a return to a 1993 version of the constitution, which is considered to have a more democratic tone and a clearer division of power than the current one.

Source: Washington Post January 07, 2022 22:03 UTC