Kazakhstan: More convictions in connection with Bloody January events. Kazakhstan continues to prosecute individuals linked to the Bloody January 2022 events. An Almaty court convicted 11 defendants of crimes including mass riots and attacking government buildings. Akzhol Zhandarbekov received a four-year sentence, while the other ten received one year and nine months. Human rights activists argue that trials have ignored exculpatory evidence and relied heavily on circumstantial evidence. Nearly 1,400 individuals have been convicted related to the unrest, with many trials closed to the public.