Turkmenistan – ACCA

Turkmenistan: Prison authorities add prisoners to list of pardons for bribes

ACCA — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:02:25 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan: Authorities continue to use child labor in the cotton harvest

ACCA — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:28:29 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan: in a medical facility, patients are sold as slaves and forced to work for food

ACCA — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:52:50 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan has improved its position in the media freedom rating by one point

ACCA — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:21:31 +0000

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: new law fails to protect homeless animals – mass killings continue

ACCA — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:48:52 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan: colony officers beat sick prisoner to death

ACCA — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:17:14 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan: prisoners of two correctional colonies suffer due to a lack of water

ACCA — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:23:18 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan: two have died and hundreds have turned to doctors after the birthday celebration of the ex-president

ACCA — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:26:37 +0000

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 […]

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Turkmenistan: Only relatives of officials receive social housing for free, the rest receive it for bribes

ACCA — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:57:28 +0000

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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Turkmenistan: Top officials of Turkmenbashi port was arrested on suspicion of corruption

ACCA — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:06:16 +0000

During inspections of the activities of the port of Turkmenbashi city, several officials were arrested on the fact of corruption and embezzlement of funds by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of National Security of Turkmenistan. As it became known to ACCA sources, the chief engineer of the port and his deputy, as well as […]

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