A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Kazakh_constitutional_referendum" id="mwAcE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum">constitutional referendum</a> is held in Kazakhstan following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Kazakh_unrest" id="mwAcI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2022 Kazakh unrest">violent protests and civil unrest</a> against the government.<sup about="#mwt114" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_5#cite_note-21" id="mwAcM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAcQ">[21]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"><cite about="#mwt111" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBu4"><a class="external text" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers" id="mwBu8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers"</a>. <i id="mwBvA">www.aljazeera.com</i>. March 16, 2022. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220414125015/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/kazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers" id="mwBvE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on April 14, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBvI">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBvM">May 5,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt111" class="Z3988" id="mwBvQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=www.aljazeera.com&amp;rft.atitle=Kazakhstan+president+proposes+reforms+to+limit+his+powers&amp;rft.date=2022-03-16&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F3%2F16%2Fkazakhistan-president-proposes-reforms-to-limit-his-powers&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+5"></span></span>