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. […]
A civil activist from Turkmenistan, Murat Dushemov, faces criminal charges under Article 108 of the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan “Intentional infliction of moderate harm to health”. Murat Dushemov was placed in a temporary detention center for 15 days for blocking traffic on the Ashgabat-Dashoguz highway. Together with Dushemov, his fellow travelers (Leila Nurmetova and her […]
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 […]
In Akhal region, a teenager Suleiman Tursunbaev was beaten to death. He practiced judo at the Regional Olympic reserve school. In early February, judo competitions were held in the city of Baharden. Before the decisive fight, Suleiman was ordered to “lie under his opponent,” that is, to lose. However, Suleiman disobeyed and won first place […]
The trial of the lawyer of the state oil and gas production company “Balkanneft”, Pigambergeldy Allaberdiyev, was held behind closed doors. The trial took place on September 29 in a pre-trial detention center in Balkanabat city. Allaberdiev was sentenced to 6 years in prison in a trumped-up case. The court found him guilty under the […]
On September 6, Turkmen labor rights activist Gaspar Matalaev went at large. According to Turkmen.news, he served his unlawful term of three years in full. At the moment, the activist is at home with his relatives. G.Matalaev, who independently monitored the use of forced labor during cotton picking, was detained at the night of October […]
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