Statement by Switzerland: Death of Mr. Tirkish Tyrmyev in custody in Turkmenistan

        1129th Meeting of the Permanent Council, 26 January 2017 Current Issue: Death of Mr. Tirkish Tyrmyev in custody in Turkmenistan Statement by Switzerland Mr. Chairman, This statement is delivered on behalf of Canada, Iceland and Switzerland. Our countries are concerned about reports of the death of the former head of the […]

FIVE MONTHS IN THE SECRET OVADAN DEPE PRISON

The following text is based on interviews with Geldy Kyarizov and his wife Yulia Serebryannik, which were recorded by Vitaly Ponomarev, head of the Central Asia Program of Human Rights Center Memorial (Russia), in 2015 in Moscow. Read the full version here (PDF). Geldy Kyarizov is one of the few former Ovadan Depe prisoners who […]

U.N. Committee against Torture: Turkmenistan should put an end to enforced disappearances

In December 2016, The Committee against Torture adopted the concluding observations on the second periodic report in Turkmenistan.  The document can be found here (PDF). The body called on President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to make “a public statement affirming unambiguously that torture will not be tolerated”, adding that nobody had been prosecuted for torture, despite widely publicized cases. […]

Prove They Are Alive! Report

In the current September 2016 update of the report, we have updated information on the following people, based on the information from the Government of Turkmenistan, the UN Committee on Human Rights and our own information from verified sources: Annadurdy Annasahatov (died in prison in February 2016), Mamour Atayev, Orazmuhammet Atageldiyev, Rustem Djumaev, Vekil Durdyev […]

On the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

United States Mission to the OSCE As delivered by U.S. Ambassador Daniel B. Baer to the Permanent Council, Vienna September 8, 2016 On August 30, we marked the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The United States stands in solidarity with the men and women around the world whose own governments have abducted […]

Прекратить насильственные исчезновения в туркменских тюрьмах

Заявление правозащитной кампании «Покажите их живыми!» к Международному дню жертв насильственных исчезновений В Международный день жертв насильственных исчезновений кампания «Покажите их живыми!» заявляет о солидарности со всеми жертвами исчезновений в тюрьмах Туркменистана и их родными, требует от туркменских властей незамедлительно положить конец этим грубейшим нарушениям прав человека и обращается к международному сообществу с призывом поставить […]