Activist absolved of charges over fatal unrest

05.07.2012
    By Joanna Lillis     A prominent activist who was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International has been released from jail in Kazakhstan, absolved of charges of inciting fatal unrest in Zhanaozen last year and calling for the overthrow of the state.     Bolat Atabayev, an outspoken theater director, told a press...