correspondent emily sherwin has been speaking to opposition activists in the country she sent us this report. poetry and music against political repression it's look like poetry collective is rehearsing a new piece it's a statement against political apathy though the young performers insist this is just art. do not go. you're. the. boss had told us of a is here to support the group the community activist was recently released from prison she was behind bars for 15 days for holding up a banner calling for free elections. any attempts to express your opinion are oppressed and stifled in kazakhstan through arrests and finds and many activists are being sent to serve in the army now this is all we have. we can only express ourselves through our. what we know we have to do something that there is a demand for change among people a people's movement for change. but in the north by off with president here in kazakhstan for nearly 30 years and these are the 1st presidential elections without them the government is promising a free and fair ballot but of service say only by a hand picked succe

brent: were going to our correspondent emily sherwin. good evening to you, emily. what was the atmosphere like where you are when ivan gulanov left the ministry? emily: he came out of the entrance you see behind me and there was a huge sigh of relief that was palpable in the entire crowd of journalists who had assembled here to report on this case. people were chanting his name and someone had brought his dog to hand over to him. he seemed very relieved at the turn of events that this case has taken. brent: do you know what is behind this move? emily: on the one hand, i think the situation with the evidence, which was rather contradictory and difficult from the beginning , we have just heard for example that the police published nine photos which showed some sort of drug lab from his apartment, and later they admitted that actualally only one of those phototos had been taken in his apartment. today we heard that his dna was not on the drug packages at all. the other aspect was the huge public pressure that we saw in the past few days. we just heard about the protes

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