Aidar Syzdykov

Aidar Syzdykov is a civil society activist and one of the founders of the opposition party “Alga, Kazakhstan!”. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on September 27, 2024, under Article 297 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Illegal manufacture, processing or sale of narcotics, psychotropic substances, their analogues”), a charge he maintains was fabricated. He subsequently petitioned for amnesty, and his sentence was reduced by one year, two months, and 17 days. Previously, in 2021, he had been sentenced to three years of restriction of liberty for participating in the activities of the banned “extremist” association DCK (Article 405).

Aidar Syzdykov is a civil society activist and one of the founders of the opposition party “Alga, Kazakhstan!”. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment under Article 297, though he maintains the case was fabricated. He previously received a sentence for participating in the banned association DCK.