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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 […]
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 […]
Statement by the Prove They Are Alive! Campaign on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances Fifteen years ago the first major wave of enforced disappearances took place in Turkmenistan. In the spring and summer of 2002 several high-level government officials, mostly from the security and defense ministries, were sentenced to prison […]
Parallel OSCE Civil Society Forum has been successfully held in Minsk on 4 July. It took place on the eve of the 26th annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The Forum was organized by Belarusian human rights NGOs together with the Civic Solidarity Platform. More than 100 people participated in the event, including representatives of […]
Appeal to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres Regarding His Visit to Turkmenistan on June 13, 2017 This letter is available in PDF here His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary General Cc: Mr. Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights June 8, 2017 Dear Secretary General Guterres: […]
Обращение к Генеральному секретарю ООН Антониу Гутерришу в связи с его визитом в Туркменистан 13 июня 2017 года Письмо доступно в PDF по ссылке Его Превосходительству г-ну Антониу Гутерришу Генеральному секретарю Организации Объединенных Наций Копия: Зейд Раад аль-Хусейн Верховный комиссар ООН по правам человека 8 июня 2017 г. Уважаемый Генеральный секретарь Гуттериш! Мы, участники международной […]
В честь Международной недели исчезнувших движение «Покажите их живыми!» вновь обращается к правительству Туркменистана с требованием пролить свет на судьбу заключённых, которые уже почти 15 лет не имеют никакого контакта с внешним миром 2 июня 2017 года Каждый год во всем мире отмечается Международная неделя исчезнувших. Эта инициатива, начатая в 1981 году латиноамериканскими […]
On the International Week of the Disappeared, the “Prove They Are Alive!” campaign reiterates its call to the government of Turkmenistan to shed light on the fate of dozens who have been imprisoned without any contact with the outside world for almost 15 years Every year, the International Week of the Disappeared is commemorated worldwide. This […]
To: Board of Directors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Dear Board of Directors: We are writing to express our grave concerns about the CMI Offshore Project in Turkmenistan, currently pending final review and awaiting a Board decision, and urge the Board of Directors to vote against this project. We believe this project is wrongly […]
The Prove They Are Alive! Campaign’s Statement on Tirkish Tyrmyev’s Death in Prison The international campaign, Prove They Are Alive!, expresses its deep concern about the death in prison of the former head of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan, Major General Tirkish Tyrmyev, a victim of the political purges during the presidency of Niyazov […]