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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryKazakhstan
Age / Sex—
Occupation—
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryActivism
StatusConvicted
Sentence5 years
Case Summary
The brother of philanthropist Barlyk Mendygaziyev, he was targeted as part of 'coercion-by-proxy' to pressure his brother. His imprisonment term is calculated from June 2021.
02Charges
Charges
04 count- 01Article 262 of the Criminal Code (participation in an organised criminal group)
- 02Article 245 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion)
- 03Article 218 of the Criminal Code (money laundering)
- 04Article 216 of the Criminal Code (issuing invoices without actually performing work)
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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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Bekizhan MENDYGAZIYEV (PPW case cmmcdnws). Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmmcdnws0000l1v3gh8jmcv6u. 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#bekizhan-mendygaziyev).
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