Turkmenistan: End Enforced Disappearances
“Prove They Are Alive!” campaign calls upon the government of Turkmenistan to shed light on the fate of dozens who have been imprisoned for more than a decade.
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Turkmen Special Services Increasing Pressure on Dissidents Abroad
Against a backdrop of growing international criticism of the human rights situation in Turkmenistan, the country’s security services have stepped up operations aimed at suppressing the voices of exiled dissidents. Over the past month, at least two Turkmen families in Moscow, and their relatives in Turkmenistan, were subjected to aggressive pressure.
On Forced Disappearances in Turkmenistan and the Case of Boris Shikhmuradov
Statement by Prove They Are Alive! Campaign “Prove They Are Alive!” campaign expresses its strong disappointment and regret at the failure of the government of Turkmenistan to provide a substantive reply to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on its decision on the case of Boris Shikhmuradov within the period established by the Committee. We […]
Geldy Kyarizov and Family Threatened by Unidentified Turkmen
On October 3, 2015, well-known Turkmen horse breeder Geldy Kyarizov and his family were threatened by an unknown man speaking to them in the Turkmen language while riding the escalator in a Moscow, Russia, metro station. For full Press Release click HERE.
Government of Turkmenistan Allows Family Members of Horse Breeder Geldy Kyarizov to Leave Turkmenistan
Contact Information: Vitaly Ponamarev TEL: +3725-439-9959 (Russian) Kate Watters TEL: +1-571-332-5895 (English, Russian) Government of Turkmenistan Allows Family Members of Horse Breeder Geldy Kyarizov to Leave Turkmenistan September 21, 2015, Warsaw, Poland On the evening of September 20, 2015, Sofia Kyarizov and Elena Serebryannik, the fourteen year old daughter and sister-in-law, […]
Joint Letter to the European Commission regarding the removal of satellite dishes in Turkmenistan
On 14 July 2015, members of Prove! and other organizations sent a joint letter to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, asking her to urge the Turkmen government to immediately halt its campaign to dismantle privately-owned satellite dishes. Removal of private satellite dishes effectively […]
Central Asia: UN Leader, on Visit, Should Press Rights Issues
Originally from: http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/09/central-asia-un-leader-visit-should-press-rights-issues-2 Ban Ki-moon Needs to Address Abuses, Seek Reform Pledges JUNE 9, 2015 (New York) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Central Asia trip is a key opportunity to mark UN concern at the highest level about the alarming state of human rights throughout the region and press for concrete improvements, Human Rights […]
Prove! calls on the European Parliament to make human rights a condition for partnership with Turkmenistan
On May 6, Prove They Are Alive! member Yuri Dzhibladze, of the Moscow based Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, called upon the European Parliament to delay its consent to a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Turkmenistan until the country makes real and measurable progress in the sphere of human rights. […]
HRW: Austrian President Should Urge an End to Enforced Disappearances
Turkmenistan: Turkmen President Visits Austria Austrian President Should Urge an End to Enforced Disappearances MAY 12, 2015 (Berlin) – President Heinz Fischer of Austria should urge President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan to address serious human rights problems in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Berdymukhamedov is scheduled to meet Dr. Fischer in Vienna on May 12, 2015, […]
BBC’s Turkmenistan: A rare insight into a secretive state
BBC’s recent coverage, Turkmenistan: A rare insight into a secretive state, borrows from HRW’s video for the campaign. “Human rights organizations say anyone who challenges the State disappears into jails.”