Biography: Not available. Arrest and conviction: He was sentenced in January 2003 under Articles 14-101 Part 2, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “f”, “g”, “h”, “i”, “l”; 129 Part 3; 169 Part 1; 174 Part 2; 176 Part 1; 214 Part 2; 218 Part 1, 2, 3; 231 Part 4, paragraphs “a”, “b”; 235 Part 2, paragraphs […]
Date of Birth: Unknown Citizenship: Turkmen, political asylum in Norway Residence at time of arrest: Trondheim, Norway Position when arrested: Unknown Charges: Illegal crossing of the border into Turkmenistan Sentence: On June 24, 2008, Mr. Annaniyazov traveled from Norway via Kazakhstan to his native Turkmenistan. Later that day, plain-clothed officers arrested him at his parents’ […]
Current situation: Relatives informed the Turkmen service of RFE/RL that he died in prison, and his body was released by the authorities to the family for burial in the Ashgabat city morgue. He was buried by the family in Sakarchagiysky district of Mary region on February 9, 2016. He had been incarcerated in the Ovadan […]
Date of birth: 1947, born in the village of Shahmanin Gasankuly region of Balkan oblast Citizenship: Turkmen Residence at time of arrest: Ashgabat Position when arrested: Chairman of the National Center of Trade Unions of Turkmenistan Charges: Arrested in 2003, charges unknown. Sentence: Date and sentencing were not officially published. Biography: Arazov was born in […]
Biography: Date of birth unknown. Former Minister of State, Chairman of the State Corporation “Turkmengeologiya.” Arrest and conviction: Relieved from duty in August 2005 for “serious shortcomings in his work” in the framework of a famous “oil rigger” case, along with two dozen other officials at a high level in the oil and gas industry, […]
Biography: Not available. Arrest and conviction: He was sentenced in January 2003 under Articles 14-101 Part 2, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “f”, “g”, “h”, “i”, “l”; 129 Part 3; 169 Part 1, 2; 174 Part 2; 176 Part 1; 214 Part 2; 218 Part 1, 2, 3; 231 Part 4, paragraphs “a”, “b”; 235 Part 2, […]
Biography: Born on 13.11.1961 in Dashoguz. Lived in Ashgabat. Ethnic Uzbek. Has a university degree. Arrest and conviction: Detained in July 2004 on suspicion of assistance in the illegal crossing of the border with Uzbekistan by a group of people convicted for participation in the events of November 25, 2002, including relatives of the Yklymov […]
Biography: Militia officer, from Ashgabat Arrest and conviction: He was sentenced in January 2003 under Articles 14-101 Part 2, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “f”, “g”, “h”, “i”, “l”; 129 Part 3; 169 Part 1, 2; 174 Part 2; 176 Part 1; 214 Part 2; 218 Part 1, 2, 3; 231 Part 4, paragraphs “a”, “b”; 235 Part […]
Date of Birth: 1956, born in Mary Province, Turkmenistan Biography: In 1978, he graduated from the Turkmen Agricultural Institute. Beginning in 1978, he taught at Bayramali veterinary college. Between 1981-1985, he served as Second, then as First, Secretary of the City of Bayramali Committee of the Komsomol. From March to September 1985, he was the […]
Date of Birth: 1969 Citizenship: Turkmen, Russian Residence at time of arrest: Ashgabat. Begench Beknazarov was seized on May 17, 2005 after law enforcement forces found him hiding in a room hidden beneath the floor of an apartment in the Turkmen capital.[1] Position when arrested: He was deputy division commander of the motorized infantry of […]