Kazakh law enforcement officers detain participants of an opposition rally in Almaty. Kazakhstan's foreign-based opposition leader Mukhtar Ablyazov has called for protests across Kazakhstan as his Democratic Choice Kazakhstan (DCK) movement seeks to take advantage of protest mood that has grown since leader Nursultan Nazarbayev stepped down from the presidency in March.
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