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 […]
The state of health of prisoner Dr. Khursanai Ismatullayeva, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison on trumped-up charges, has deteriorated sharply. This was reported to ACCA by sources in the Department for the Execution of Punishments under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan. ACCA was able to learn that Khursanai has a […]
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 […]
The family of human rights defender Mansur Mingelov, who is in critical condition in the LB / K11 colony, has been illegally evicted from the house in which they have lived for about 30 years, according to independent media in Turkmenistan. The father of the human rights activist Usen Mingelov was sent a notification signed […]
Activist Pigambergeldy Allaberdyev, sentenced by a court in Balkanabat to 6 years in prison on trumped-up charges, is in a difficult situation. As ACCA source informed, upon his arrival to the colony he was given a mattress and overalls, but there were no free beds and Pigambergeldy slept outside in front of the entrance to […]
According to independent media in Turkmenistan, Mansur Mingelov, a human rights defender for ethnic Baloch people living in Turkmenistan, is in critical condition. Mingelov is serving a sentence in the strict regime colony LB-K / 11 in Seydi, Lebap velayat. After suffering from tuberculosis, he developed acute osteomyelitis in the form of a complication. Relatives […]
Civil activist Murat Dushemov was sentenced by the City Court of Dashoguz to four years in prison in a general regime colony. The trial ended on August 16. The activist Dushemov was found guilty under Article 108 “Intentional infliction of harm to health of moderate severity” and under Article 232 “Extortion” of the Criminal Code […]
Ismatullayeva Khursanai Rakhmetovna, a former doctor of the perinatal center “Ene Myakhri” in the city of Gokdepe, was abducted from her home and taken away by the security forces in an unknown direction on July 16. She was held in the temporary detention center of the police of Bezmein district in Ashgabat. This was reported […]
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