The President of Turkmenistan signed a decree to pardon convicts in honor of the holy night of the Almighty among Muslims. According to the decree, 210 foreign citizens and 1192 citizens of Turkmenistan were released. The ACCA journalist, on condition of anonymity, talked with some who were released. – Have prison conditions changed due to […]
A resident of Ashgabat, who spent several years in one of the women’s colonies, in an interview with ACCA on the condition of anonymity, spoke about the problems that women face in places of detention. – How did your transfer to the colony begin? – They dropped us off, formed in a row, checked everyone […]
A girl from Turkmenistan spent several years in the female prison of Dashoguz province. At the moment, she managed to leave the country for Turkey. She was prosecuted on a far-fetched charge of prostitution. She agreed to tell us her story. To maintain confidentiality, we will not publish the name of the city, the number […]
The international campaign “Show them Alive!” has circulated an appeal to the President of Turkmenistan demanding the release of citizens from prisons whose sentences have ended. Human rights activists in their appeal note that for over 17 years enforced disappearances in prisons have continued in Turkmenistan. “Hundreds of people became victims of disappearances. Violent detention […]
According to the latest report of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch, in 2019, in the conditions of the country’s continued closeness and repressive regime while maintaining the authoritarian power of the President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his associates, the situation in Turkmenistan has not changed. We offer our readers excerpts from this report. Turkmenistan’s […]
An updated list of victims of enforced disappearances in prisons of Turkmenistan was presented at the OSCE Human Dimension Meeting in Warsaw by the organization “Show them alive”. “Compared to our previous publication of the list in September 2018, this updated list did not change the total number of documented cases of disappearances in prisons […]
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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