According to ACCA sources, exactions from prisoners have been going on for two weeks in the colonies of Lebap region. Colonial officers demand money for entering the name of the prisoner in the list of those pardoned. The amounts are exorbitant and not every prisoner can afford it. The minimum rate is from 50,000 manats […]
Cotton picking involves not only employees of budgetary organizations, but also secondary school students. This year, the cotton harvest started unofficially and well before the cotton harvest season. ACCA sources said that, as in the past year, the work is carried out using forced labor, even with the involvement of underage schoolchildren. So in Mary […]
The management of the medical and labor dispensary puts up the patients of the institution for sale as a labor force every day. All funds from the sale are taken by the management and the patients work for food. According to ACCA sources, there are currently about 350 people in Lebap velayat’s Therapeutic-labor dispensary (TLD […]
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, […]
On July 26, the law “On dog breeding and cynological activities” signed by the President of Turkmenistan S. Berdimuhamedov came into force. This law prohibits any cruelty to animals and harm to the health of stray animals. ACCA sources said the new law had no effect on the situation. Over the past weekend in the […]
In the LB/K-12 penal colony, a prisoner died last week. This was reported by ACCA sources from the Lebap velayat, close to the structures of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to ACCA sources, last week the temperature was abnormally high in Turkmenistan, in the city of Seydi the temperature reached +48 […]
Since mid-June, there have been rolling blackouts throughout the Lebap region. In this situation, prisoners LB-K/11 (strict security colony) and LB-K/12 (general security colony) suffer the most. According to ACCA sources, electricity is cut off for at least 6 hours and sometimes for 2-3 days. Without electricity, the pumps that supply water to the colonies […]
On July 2, one of the residents of the city of Ashgabat died at her home, she was 56 years old. A 13-year-old girl died the day before. According to ACCA sources, both deceased were forcibly brought to the celebrations dedicated to the birthday of ex-President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The celebrations were held on June 28 […]
ACCA sources reported about numerous frauds carried out by employees of the Ministry of Social Security of Turkmenistan. Employees of the regional branches of the Ministry falsify and forge documents for obtaining social housing. As ACCA learned, many residents of the country have been on the waiting list for public apartments for decades, and over […]
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