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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryKazakhstan
Age / Sex—
Occupation—
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryActivism
StatusConvicted
Sentence5 years
Kazakhstan · context
179documented cases
66 urgent · 14 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
24
Cultural
1
Religious
2
Social Media
7
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
04Related
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05Sources
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Bekizhan MENDYGAZIYEV (TD case cmmcdnws, record version 2026-06-02). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://thedetained.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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