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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryKazakhstan
Age / Sexmale
OccupationCivil society activist
Arrested inAlmaty
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence8 years
Case Summary
Convicted in connection with the seizure of Almaty airport during the January protests. He is labeled by authorities as a bandit/terrorist, though he is considered a civil activist.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
A civil society activist whose conviction for organizing the seizure of Almaty airport during the January 2022 events was upheld by the Supreme Court. He is considered a scapegoat for the airport violence.
02Charges
Charges
03 count- 01Article 191 of the Criminal Code ('robbery')
- 02Article 200 of the Criminal Code ('unlawful seizure of a vehicle')
- 03Article 269 ('attack on buildings')
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Sources
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Kalas NURPEISOV (PPW case cmmcdnoh). Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmmcdnoh0000b1v3gfc8ik3h0. Original data from Open Dialogue Foundation; iphronline.org (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#kalas-nurpeisov).
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