Chilling Video Captures Ex-Kazakh Minister Beating His Wife to Death

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The trial of a former economy minister, Kuandyk Bishimbayev, has gripped Kazakhstan, sparking conversations about domestic abuse. A brutal CCTV footage, played in the court, shows him dragging his wife, Saltanat Nukenova, and then punching and kicking her in a restaurant owned by one of his relatives last November. The trial has created a massive uproar in Kazakhstan, where about 400 women die from domestic abuse every year, according to the United Nations. This figure is believed to be higher as many cases go unreported. Will this "trial of the century" change the way Kazakhstan deals with domestic violence? Palki Sharma tells you.

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