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Rinat Batkayev

Batkayev was initially given a restriction of liberty but his sentence was changed to 5 years imprisonment on appeal for participation in an organized criminal group and issuing invoices without actual work. He was convicted on July 26, 2021.

LAST UPDATED · SEP 1, 2026

Olesya Vertinskaya

Journalist Olesya Vertinskaya has been sent to a detention facility in Atyrau. The provided text contains mostly website metadata and does not specify the exact charges.

LAST UPDATED · SEP 4, 2026

Detained

KY-CMRL

30 YRS

Atyrau region, Kazakhstan

Other

Sultan Sarsemaliev

Sultan Sarsemaliev was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four family members in the Atyrau region. He was also found guilty of theft and fraud related to the victims' property.

LAST UPDATED · AUG 16, 2026

Dinara Mukatova

An activist sentenced to a year of restricted freedom for posting material related to the banned DVK movement. She maintains that she was merely reposting information and did not support the movement.

LAST UPDATED · SEP 2, 2026

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