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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryKazakhstan
Age / Sex—
Occupation—
Arrested inTaraz
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence6 years
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
01 count- 01Article 272 of the Criminal Code ('organisation and 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: Nurakhan MAKHATOV (PPW case cmmcdnnn). Retrieved June 21, 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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