Turkmenistan: A Model Kleptocracy

Produced by Prove They Are Alive! campaign member, Crude Accountability, and written by Tom Mayne, the new report Turkmenistan: A Model Kleptocracy traces corruption in Turkmenistan by looking at how much the Turkmen government is earning, how the revenue is managed, and what the money is spent on.  The comprehensive report places the Turkmen regime’s kleptocracy […]

Statement on the International Week of the Disappeared

The statement is also available in PDF format  Every last week of May, the Prove They Are Alive! campaign joins the global community in observing the International Week of the Disappeared. On this occasion, the Prove! campaign remembers all those who have been forcibly disappeared in the prisons of Turkmenistan and renews its resolve to […]

Язгельды Гундогдыев, бывший высокопоставленный чиновник и жертва насильственных исчезновений в Туркменистане, скончался после 18 лет тюремного заключения без связи с внешним миром

Заявление кампании «Покажите их живыми!» Кампании «Покажите их живыми!» стало известно из заслуживающего доверия источника[1], что 28 декабря 2020 года в тюремном заключении скончался бывший высокопоставленный государственный чиновник Туркменистана Язгельды Гундогдыев. 64-летний Гундогдыев являлся бывшим главой международного отдела аппарата президента и бывшим главой администрации Дашогузского велаята. Гундогдыев скончался в колонии, проведя более 18 лет в […]

Yazgeldy Gundogdyev, Former High Ranking Official and a Victim of Enforced Disappearance in Turkmenistan, Dies in Custody after 18 Years of Incommunicado Detention

Statement by the Prove They Are Alive! Campaign The Prove They Are Alive! campaign has learned from a trustworthy source[1] that a former high-ranking Turkmen government official, Yazgeldy Gundogdyev, died in custody on December 28, 2020. Gundogdyev, 64, was former Head of the International Department of the Presidential Administration and the former Head of Administration […]

Туркменские власти должны незамедлительно освободить пропавших в тюрьмах, чьи сроки заключения закончились

Заявление Кампании «Покажите их живыми!» в связи с Международным днем жертв насильственных исчезновений Заявление в формате PDF  Сегодня, когда отмечается Международный день жертв насильственных исчезновений, правительство Туркменистана продолжает практику исчезновений людей в средневековой тюремной системе, грубо нарушая свое собственное законодательство, международные соглашения и стандарты в области прав человека. Международной кампанией «Покажите их живыми!» задокументировано более […]

Helsinki on the Hill Podcast on Disappeared in Turkmenistan

Prove They Are Alive! Campaign discussed the tragedy of enforced disappearances in Turkmenistan for the Helsinki on the Hill podcast. Kate Watters of the Prove They Are Alive! campaign joined the podcast to discuss the plight of people who have disappeared into Turkmenistan’s  prison system, as well as the current situation in Turkmenistan and the […]

EU Statement marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

On September 5, the European Union issued a statement honoring the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances and reaffirming the commitment to stop the crime of enforced disappearances. The statement specifically addresses enforced disappearances in Turkmenistan. The EU reiterates its strong call on Turkmenistan to immediately take action to eradicate the problem of […]

Disappearances in Turkmenistan Must Stop!

Statement by the Prove They Are Alive! Campaign on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances The crime of enforced disappearances continues unabated in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, and on this International Day of the Disappeared, the Prove They Are Alive! campaign calls for an end to this barbaric practice. Since […]