The funeral for opposition figure Altynbek Sarsenbayev was held in Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty. It drew impassioned speeches by opposition activists who gathered to pay their last respects.
Sarsenbaev was a co-chairman of the Nagyz Ak Zhol party. He was found shot dead along with his bodyguard and driver on Almaty's outskirts on 13 February.
Nagyz Ak Zhol and For a Just Kazakhstan representatives have accused the Kazakh authorities of being behind the slayings.
Officials say they are investigating the deaths.
Sarsenbaev formerly served as Kazakhstan's ambassador to Russia and twice served as head of the Kazakh Information Ministry before joining the opposition.
(AFP)