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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryKazakhstan
Age / Sex—
Occupation—
Arrested inTaraz
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence6 years
Kazakhstan · context
179documented cases
66 urgent · 14 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
24
Cultural
1
Religious
2
Social Media
7
Case Summary
A 64-year-old man accused of organising mass riots during the protests in Taraz. He maintains he only went to the square to calm the youth and has not pleaded guilty.
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Article 272 of the Criminal Code ('organisation and participation in mass riots')
- 02Article 272 of the Criminal Code (organisation and participation in mass riots)
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
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05Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Nurakhan MAKHATOV (PPW case cmmcdnnn, record version 2026-07-16). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmmcdnnn8000a1v3gj38f3awj. Original data from Open Dialogue Foundation (https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/726864,tough-year-for-human-rights-48-political-prisoners-in-kazakhstan-political-repression-and-total-censorship-instead-of-reforms/#the-list-of-political-prisoners-in-kazakhstan#nurakhan-makhatov).
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