“Both Kazakhstan and China running to host 2022 Winter Olympics have extremely poor human rights records: HRW”, “Host city candidate of 2022 Olympic Winter Games await IOC final vote in Malaysia”, “Dons leave for Kazakhstan”, “British Airlines leave Kazak

akipress.org. “Both Kazakhstan and China running to host 2022 Winter Olympics have extremely poor human rights records: HRW" - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should ensure that the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics fully respects human rights commitments in preparing for and hosting of the games, Human Rights Watch said. "Both countries in the running to host the games, China and Kazakhstan, have extremely poor human rights records. The IOC is to select the host city on July 31, 2015, at its 128th IOC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia," said the HRW.

en.people.cn. “Host city candidate of 2022 Olympic Winter Games await IOC final vote in Malaysia"- The 128^th IOC Session will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday to vote between Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan as the 2022 Olympic Winter Games host city. About 1,400 journalists from all over the world have signed up to report on the comingdecision, which will be announced Friday.

afc.co.uk. “Dons leave for Kazakhstan"– Aberdeen this evening flew out to Kazakhstan for their Europa League Third Qualifying Round 1st Leg tie against Kairat Almaty. Before leaving late on Tuesday night the manager spoke to RedTV: "We are excited about the trip. The quick turnaround of games makes us have to work that bit harder but we are looking forward to it all the same. "It is a long journey. "That complicates things slightly but it does not take away from the fact we are excited about the tie.
"In terms of how difficult the travelling (distance of the trip) is going to be, we don't know yet. We are going to try and do things which will hopefully mean the players can still perform to the maximum of their ability both for this game and for the league game against Dundee United on Sunday.

tengrinews.kz. “British Airlines leave Kazakhstan” - The UK's flag carrier British Airways is terminating its flights to Kazakhstan, reports. The last flight departs from London Heathrow Airport on October 11. The return flight from Almaty to London is scheduled for October 12. The airlines said it abandoned the destination because its flights to Almaty were no longer profitable.