Censorship Turkmenistan – ACCA https://acca.media Analytical Center for Central Asia Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:21:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.4 https://acca.media/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Censorship Turkmenistan – ACCA https://acca.media 32 32 Turkmenistan has improved its position in the media freedom rating by one point https://acca.media/en/16078/turkmenistan-has-improved-its-position-in-the-media-freedom-rating-by-one-point/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:21:31 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=16078 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, […]

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]]> Turkmenistan: UN experts recognized the convicted activist as a political prisoner https://acca.media/en/14701/turkmenistan-un-experts-recognized-the-convicted-activist-as-a-political-prisoner/ Tue, 17 May 2022 07:20:51 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=14701 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 […]

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]]> Turkmenistan: The authorities almost completely blocked the Internet in the country https://acca.media/en/14040/turkmenistan-the-authorities-almost-completely-blocked-the-internet-in-the-country/ https://acca.media/en/14040/turkmenistan-the-authorities-almost-completely-blocked-the-internet-in-the-country/#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:51:41 +0000 https://acca.media/turkmenistan-the-authorities-almost-completely-blocked-the-internet-in-the-country/ 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 […]

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]]> https://acca.media/en/14040/turkmenistan-the-authorities-almost-completely-blocked-the-internet-in-the-country/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: special services began to closely monitor schoolchildren https://acca.media/en/10192/turkmenistan-special-services-began-to-closely-monitor-schoolchildren/ https://acca.media/en/10192/turkmenistan-special-services-began-to-closely-monitor-schoolchildren/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:27:59 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=10192 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 […]

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]]> https://acca.media/en/10192/turkmenistan-special-services-began-to-closely-monitor-schoolchildren/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: authorities have imposed unofficial curfew https://acca.media/en/9826/turkmenistan-authorities-have-imposed-unofficial-curfew/ https://acca.media/en/9826/turkmenistan-authorities-have-imposed-unofficial-curfew/#respond Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:45:31 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=9826 “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 […]

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]]> https://acca.media/en/9826/turkmenistan-authorities-have-imposed-unofficial-curfew/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: citizens are detained for discussing events in Kazakhstan https://acca.media/en/9799/turkmenistan-citizens-are-detained-for-discussing-events-in-kazakhstan/ https://acca.media/en/9799/turkmenistan-citizens-are-detained-for-discussing-events-in-kazakhstan/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:32:49 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=9799 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 […]

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]]> https://acca.media/en/9799/turkmenistan-citizens-are-detained-for-discussing-events-in-kazakhstan/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: security officials harass the family of a political activist https://acca.media/en/9629/turkmenistan-security-officials-harass-the-family-of-a-political-activist/ https://acca.media/en/9629/turkmenistan-security-officials-harass-the-family-of-a-political-activist/#respond Thu, 21 Oct 2021 08:09:06 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=9629 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 […]

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]]> https://acca.media/en/9629/turkmenistan-security-officials-harass-the-family-of-a-political-activist/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: authorities took the family of activist Mamedov hostage https://acca.media/en/9030/turkmenistan-authorities-took-the-family-of-activist-mamedov-hostage-2/ https://acca.media/en/9030/turkmenistan-authorities-took-the-family-of-activist-mamedov-hostage-2/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 18:11:05 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=9030 Сообщение Turkmenistan: authorities took the family of activist Mamedov hostage появились сначала на ACCA.

]]> https://acca.media/en/9030/turkmenistan-authorities-took-the-family-of-activist-mamedov-hostage-2/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: authorities took the family of activist Mamedov hostage https://acca.media/en/9031/turkmenistan-authorities-took-the-family-of-activist-mamedov-hostage/ https://acca.media/en/9031/turkmenistan-authorities-took-the-family-of-activist-mamedov-hostage/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:05:37 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=9031 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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]]> https://acca.media/en/9031/turkmenistan-authorities-took-the-family-of-activist-mamedov-hostage/feed/ 0 Turkmenistan: power structures took away former doctor in an unknown direction https://acca.media/en/8822/turkmenistan-power-structures-took-away-former-doctor-in-an-unknown-direction/ https://acca.media/en/8822/turkmenistan-power-structures-took-away-former-doctor-in-an-unknown-direction/#respond Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:00:14 +0000 https://acca.media/?p=8822 According to an independent source from Turkmenistan, on the evening of July 16, doctor Khursanai Ismatullayeva was taken away from her home in an unknown direction. According to the source, about 10 people came for her late in the evening. Some of them were in civilian clothes, others in police uniforms. Unknown persons confiscated all […]

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