Specialists wearing protective gear, used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), cross a road as law enforcement officers stand guard during an unsanctioned rally held by Kazakh opposition supporters in Almaty, Kazakhstan June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
ALMATY (Reuters) - Police in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty detained dozens of anti-government protesters who took to the streets on Saturday even as a new, more liberal law on demonstrations was expected to come into force.
The Central Asian nation has frequently been criticised by human rights groups for requiring public rallies to have been approved by authorities. However President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law late last month removing this provision.
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