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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryKazakhstan
Age / Sex—
Occupation—
Arrested inAlmaty
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence8 years
Case Summary
He was convicted in the case involving the seizure of Almaty airport during the January protests and did not plead guilty.
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Article 269 of the Criminal Code ('attacks on buildings')
- 02Article 272 of the Criminal Code ('participation in mass riots')
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
ODFCase facts, charges, dates, and status.
PPW analysisRisk, surveillance & sentence estimates — probabilistic, not the source's reporting.
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Zhan-Aidar KARMENOV (PPW case cmmcdnlz). Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmmcdnlzc00081v3gowu0i10m. 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#zhan-aidar-karmenov).
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