On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Prove They Are Alive! campaign reaffirms its solidarity with all victims of disappearances, their families, and friends.
While preparations to the adoption of the new constitution and presidential elections are under way in Turkmenistan, special services of this country have again stepped up persecution of exiled dissidents by its security agents. On 18 August 2016, former Turkmen political prisoner Akmuhammet Baikhanov was attacked by unidentified men in the town of Balashikha outside […]
Кампания “Покажите их живыми!” призывает правительство Туркменистана пролить свет на судьбы десятков людей, заключенных в тюрьмы более десяти лет назад
“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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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, […]
Civil Society Activists Call for Strong Human Rights Conditions for the Ratification of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and Turkmenistan For Immediate Release May 27, 2015, Brussels The “Prove They Are Alive” campaign, working for the rights of those disappeared in Turkmen prisons and their families, held a roundtable […]
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. […]
