The activist, Bolat Atabaev, is an Almaty-based theater director.
He is also a member of a public commission that was appointed to investigate the Zhanaozen clashes.
Atabaev told RFE/RL he was summoned to the Committee of National Security headquarters in Almaty on February 2 and was instructed by officials not to leave Almaty because investigations have been launched against him.
Atabaev is the fifth Kazakh activist charged with “inciting social hatred’ in connection with investigations of the Zhanaozen violence.
If found guilty, he and other activists could face up to 10 years in prison.
National authorities lifted emergency law in the Zhanaozen area only this week.
Compiled from agency reports
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