URGENT: 7 organizers and 36 active participants of Zhanaozen riots are brought to trial, Prosecutor General's Office

ASTANA. February 22. KAZINFORM "The investigation and operation group with the special public prosecutor in charge continues investigating the criminal case upon mass disorders that took place on December 16 in the town of Zhanaozen," official spokesman for the Kazakh Prosecutor General's Office Nurdaulet Suindikov told a briefing.

"Currently 7 organizers and 36 active participants of the unrest and looting are being brought to trial, 29 of them are under arrest, and another 14 were released on pledge not to leave the town," he added.