Among the convicts is a resident of Taraz who encouraged his acquaintances to participate in military actions on behalf of terrorist groups and was himself planning to join them.
The Taraz city court found him guilty of terrorism propaganda (Article 256 of the Criminal Code), inciting religious hatred (Article 174 of the Criminal Code), and sentenced him to a prison term of seven years.
Another defendant from Almaty, who has previous convictions for other offenses, was spreading extremist ideas via the internet.
The Almaty court found him guilty under Article 256 of the Criminal Code (terrorism) and Article 296 of the Criminal Code (illegal drug trafficking), imposing a sentence of seven years and one month in prison.
Since the early months of last year, 84 individuals have been held accountable for terrorist and extremist activities.