The European Union issued a statement condemning two recent deaths of victims of enforced disappearances: Begmurad Otuzov, who died in prison in early February 2018 after more than 15 years in full isolation, and Allamurat Allakuliev, who died after 16 years with no contact with the outside world. The EU calls these cases a part […]
TURKMENISTAN: SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS IN FREEDOMS OF MOVEMENT, EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION Statement by the Freedom Files Analytical Centre for the pre-sessional meeting in advance of the 3d cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan This statement[1] has been prepared in advance of the 3d cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan by the Freedom Files […]
Turkmenistan: Enforced Disappearances in Prisons; Prison Conditions and Torture; Cooperation with International Human Rights Mechanisms Statement by the Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights for the pre-sessional meeting in advance of the 3d cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan This statement[1] has been prepared in advance of the 3d cycle […]
Международная правозащитная кампания “Покажите их живыми!” и более 30-ти гражданских активистов и проживающих в Туркменистане родственников и друзей жертв насильственных исчезновений в туркменских тюрьмах призвали на параллельном мероприятии в рамках 17-й зимней сессии Парламентской ассамблеи ОБСЕ в Вене применить механизмы ОБСЕ, в том числе Венский и Московский механизмы, в отношении Туркменистана в ответ на […]
The international human rights Campaign “Prove They Are Alive!” and a group of more than 30 civic activists and relatives and friends of victims of enforced disappearances in Turkmen prisons, living in Turkmenistan, called for an application of the OSCE mechanisms of response to human dimension crises, including the Vienna and the Moscow Mechanisms in […]
The international human rights Campaign “Prove They Are Alive!” and a group of more than 30 civic activists and relatives and friends of victims of enforced disappearances in Turkmen prisons, living in Turkmenistan, called for an application of the OSCE mechanisms of response to human dimension crises, including the Vienna and the Moscow Mechanisms in […]
The government of Turkmenistan Should Implement the Decision of the UN Human Rights Committee on the Case of Boris Shikhmuradov without Any Further Delay Statement by the Prove They Are Alive! Campaign 9 November 2017 The campaign “Prove They Are Alive!” expresses its strong disappointment and regret at the protracted failure of the government […]
In May 2018, Turkmenistan’s human rights record will be reviewed in the framework of the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a state peer review mechanism carried out under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council. During the last UPR cycle in 2013, Turkmenistan received a total of 185 recommendations on different […]
Read this document in PDF format here September 2017 The international human rights campaign “Prove They Are Alive!” started in 2013 to protect the rights of detainees serving long-term sentences in Turkmen prisons, who since their sentence have been held incommunicado, and to halt the practice of enforced disappearances in Turkmenistan´s prisons. The campaign […]
In a joint statement published on 20 October, the Chairs of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances stressed that enforced disappearances are a shameful practice and a crime under international human rights law, and urged the General Assembly to put the fight against enforced disappearances at […]
