The international organization Reporters Without Borders has published a report for 2022 on the state of media freedom in the world. Turkmenistan improved its position by one point and took 177th place out of 180 possible, and thus entered the top three countries in terms of censorship and suppression of media freedom. In this report, […]
The UN Working group on arbitrary detention has recognized that, by detaining lawyer Pygamberdy Allaberdiyev, the government of Turkmenistan violated international human rights law. The decision was made at the 93rd session of the Working group. The petition was filed by the human rights organization “Freedom Now” and lawyers of Vinson & Elkins. According to […]
ACCA sources from Turkmenistan reported an almost complete blocking of the Internet. The maximum decrease in speed and blocking of VPN services are observed in all regions of the country. As of April 12, the maximum Internet connection speed was 22.4 KB/s. Paid VPN servers operating in Turkmenistan were also blocked. The country has never […]
Starting from February 1, the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan will be fully supervised by the Ministry of National Security. ACCA sources said, “In each region, an employee will work in the representative offices of the Ministry of Education, who will report to the employees of the Ministry of National Security.” As it became known […]
“At a closed meeting of the country’s government, it was decided to strengthen all security forces,” an ACCA source said. The Ministry of National Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been instructed to jointly suppress any discontent on the part of the population. Specific instructions have been given to the ministries: to introduce […]
Law enforcement authorities of the city of Balkanabad detained two teenagers for discussing the events developing in Kazakhstan. According to an ACCA source, after the young guys were brought to the department, the policeman hit one of the guys in the stomach. The guys’ parents were called to the police; they were threatened with dismissal […]
The sibling of the Turkmen activist Kakamurad Khydyrov is under intense pressure from the Ministry of National Security of Turkmenistan. This was reported by ACCA sources. Khydyrov Muhammad is the brother of the activist Kakamurad Khydyrov who lives in Great Britain. Muhammad is under round-the-clock surveillance, his phone, the phones of relatives, and close friends […]
Officials of the Ministry of National Security took hostage the family of an activist and critic of the Turkmen regime, Aziz Mamedov, who currently resides in Turkey. In the city of Bayram-Ali (Mary region), on August 5, the officers of the Ministry of National Security detained two sisters of the activist Mamedov and their husbands. […]
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