There is an acute shortage of food in almost all correctional institutions in Turkmenistan. As part of an independent monitoring of the penitentiary system of Turkmenistan, we managed to collect information about the situation in the colonies of Turkmenistan. For the safety reasons of our sources and informants in government agencies, we will not indicate […]
On May 7, the President Berdymukhamedov signed a decree pardoning 1,035 convicts in honor of the Night of Omnipotence (Gadir gidzhesi), of whom 982 are citizens of Turkmenistan and 53 are foreigners. There is not a single political prisoner among those pardoned. The country’s authorities deliberately don’t include political prisoners in the lists of pardoned. […]
The government of the country has decided to expand the territory of prisons and increase places by 30% in each colony. According to an ACCA source, close to the Department of Punishment Execution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan, the authorities made such a decision in 2018, but this information was not advertised […]
The prisoner, who was attempted to be raped by the employees of the women’s colony DZ-K / 8, is under pressure from the Prosecutor’s Office, the administration of the colony and the relatives of the rapists with a demand to withdraw her statement. In early January, ACCA reported about the detention of employees of the […]
“Chronicle of Turkmenistan” reports that the Prosecutor’s office of Dashoguz region has opened criminal cases against three employees of the women’s colony DZ-K / 8, who tried to rape one prisoner on New Year’s Eve. On the night of January 1, the officers of the colony asked the officer of the day to take out […]
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s neutrality, the President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov signed the Decree pardoning 2,082 convicts, 4 of them are citizens of foreign states. However, the law enforcement officers are dissatisfied with these pardons, and see this as only PR on the part of the President, since unemployment in the country is […]
President of Turkmenistan Berdimuhamedow signed a decree pardoning 815 prisoners, three of them are foreign citizens. This action is timed to the 29th anniversary of the country’s independence celebrated on September 27th. The decree was signed at an extended government meeting on September 24. Berdimuhamedow instructed regional governors to provide jobs for those pardoned, even […]
The authorities of Turkmenistan still do not recognize the presence of COVID-19 in the country. The number of deaths from coronavirus in the country is growing every day. A grave situation has arisen in the country’s prisons, where there are no protective equipment and medicines. The ACCA journalist managed to interview one of the citizens, […]
Turkmenistan authorities continue to state that there are no patients with coronavirus in the country. ACCA journalists conducted their own investigation on the COVID-19 situation in Turkmenistan’s prison facilities. The ACCA editorial staff is very grateful to all the citizens of Turkmenistan who helped in collecting this information. The entire penal system of Turkmenistan is […]
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