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Тюрьма Овадан Депе: Средневековые пытки в современном Туркменистане

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Ovadan Depe: Medieval Torture in Modern Turkmenistan

In 2014, the Prove They Are Alive! Campaign, Crude Accountability, the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Human Rights Center Memorial published a report, Ovadan Depe: Medieval Torture in Modern Turkmenistan, unveiling what goes on behind the walls of one of the world’s most […]

Prove They Are Alive!: The Disappeared in Turkmenistan

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The Decree of the People’s Council (Halk Maslakhati) “On declaring as treason separate illegal actions, as well as penalties for traitors of the nation

This is the Decree of the People’s Council ( Halk Maslakati), which was use to justify life sentences for at least five of those convicted in the alleged coup on Pres. Niyazov, and which places ‘traitors of the Nation’ outside the full protection of the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan. Click here for the transcript of […]

Letter to Missions of OSCE Participating States on Day of Disappeared

On 30 August, the International Day of the Disappeared, the campaign has sent letters to missions of more than 20 OSCE participating states, including Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and the incoming Serbian OSCE Chairmanship. Below is the text of the letters. August 30, 2014 We are writing you on behalf of the international human rights […]

Initial List of the Disappeared

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Statement by Tatiana Shikhmuradova

Уважаемые господа, дорогие коллеги! Прежде всего, хочу поблагодарить всех присутствующих за то, что вы проявили заинтересованность и нашли время, чтобы встретиться с нами. Также я искренне признательна за возможность выступить и прошу вас извинить меня за недостаточно хорошее знание английского языка, что вынуждает меня прибегнуть к помощи переводчика. А начну я с рассказа о том, […]

Letter from the Turkmenistan Government to the UN General Assembly

This letter, dated 29 April 2004, from the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, states that “Access to convicted terrorists is prohibited for five years in accordance with the law and court sentences. The Turkmen delegation has officially notified representatives of international organizations and foreign diplomats of this in […]

The Unanswered Letter

Before you is a letter, which was sent in November 2013 to Rashid Meredov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, by members of the international campaign, ‘Prove They Are Alive.’ The campaign was developed to defend the dozens, possibly hundreds, of people who have disappeared in Turkmenistan’s prisons. In our letter, we asked the […]