As the 1970s closed, though, and the gains of the civil rights movement quelled mainstream fascination, Baldwin no longer roused attention in quite the same way.
The power grab, he said, was justified by the constitution and necessary to quell unrest over a sputtering economy and one of Africa's worst outbreaks of covid-19.
The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has questioned Kazakhstan's decision to seek Russian military support in quelling anti-government unrest, saying it might be difficult to get them to leave.
Police used tear gas to quell volatile capital through protesters Saturday after the funeral of teenage who have been killed by security force during earlier clash marking Bahrain unsuccessful Arabia spring uprising.