In honor of Independence Day, President S. Berdymukhamedov signed a Decree on the pardon of 833 prisoners, 4 of them are citizens of foreign countries. Also, the heads of administrations and other state institutions were ordered to employ people who were released from prisons. In fact, work is provided to a few prisoners for reporting, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the women’s colony DZ-K/8 in the city of Dashoguz, prisoners are illegally forced to overwork, and the inspection structures turn a blind eye. According to ACCA sources, women are forced by threats to work overtime and instead of 8 hours of work established by the internal regulations, women are forced to work 12-16 hours […]
The President of Turkmenistan signed another Decree on pardon in honor of Gadyr gijesi (Night of Omnipotence) holiday. On April 22, 514 convicts under various articles were pardoned. Amnesties, carried out in Turkmenistan, are one of many ways to improve the image of the country’s President. Overcrowding in Turkmenistan’s prisons remains critical. According to ACCA […]
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 […]
In December 2021, a pilot population census of Turkmenistan was conducted, the results of which were not published. ACCA sources said that the data was collected by the State Statistics Committee from various ministries and departments. For example, the Migration Service reported on the number of those who left the country. The Department for the […]
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