Voting has begun in elections for Kazakhstan's new, unicameral parliament -- but opposition groups have been excluded from the vote in a tightly-controlled process that follows changes to the country's constitution.

Independent journalists and government critics in Kazakhstan face mounting pressure ahead of the country’s first parliamentary elections following a controversial constitutional…

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The Central Asian country heads to the polls on August 23.

Kazakhstan on Sunday voted in its first elections for the 145-member Kurultai, the countrys new unicameral Parliament created under a Constitution that took effect on July 1.…