Officials say the man, who has not been publicly identified, was detained at Almaty international airport on February 29 ahead of a planned flight to Uzbekistan.
Police in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, have arrested three activists of the unregistered opposition Algha (Forward) party.
More than 40 local citizens will face trial for their alleged involvement in deadly December riots in the southwestern Kazakh town of Zhanaozen.
Forty-seven people charged with terrorism are expected to face trial in Kazakhstan's western city of Atyrau.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev said a state university in Astana bearing his name could be privatized.
Authorities in Kazakhstan have amnestied six suspects who were detained for alleged involvement in the December violence in the western town of Zhanaozen.
Officials of the Almaty Lawyers Association say they are coming under pressure from Kazakh authorities.
There was a heavy police presence as protesters in Kazakhstan's former capital and business hub, Almaty, demanded the departure of longtime President Nursultan Nazarbaev and political reform on February 25, shouting, "Nazarbaev, go!" Police detained some protesters. (Natural sound video by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
Around 1,000 Kazakh protesters have concluded a "Day of Disagreement" demonstration to call for political freedom despite preemptive detentions and official efforts to block any gathering in Kazakhstan's commercial hub and former capital, Almaty.
Five men in Kazakhstan have been sentenced on terrorism charges to jail terms varying from five to 13 years in the northwestern city of Aqtobe.
The former vice president of Kazakhstan’s KazAtomProm national nuclear company has been arrested in Canada.
A theater director and pro-reform activist who faces charges of "inciting social hatred" in his native Kazakhstan has been awarded the Goethe Medal from Germany’s Goethe Institute.
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