By empty (6/12/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Opposition parties Ak Zhol, Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, and the Communist Party held an authorized rally in Almaty on 12 June that organizers said drew approximately 5,000 people. Ak Zhol initiated the demonstration, under the slogan of \"Changes for a Dignified Life.\" \"We call on the government and the authorities to have an open dialogue with us,\" Ak Zhol co-Chairman Bulat Abilov said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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