Date of Birth: 1963, born in Ashgabat. Biography: He graduated from the Turkmen Institute of National Economy in 1985. From 1985 he worked as an economist in the planning department of the Directorate construction enterprises of the Ministry of Trade of the Turkmen SSR. From 1985 to 1987 he served in the Soviet Army. From […]

Date of Birth: 1950 or 1956 Citizenship: Turkmen Residence at time of arrest: Unknown Position when arrested: Unemployed Date of arrest: He was detained at the end of November 2002, and the video of his “confession” was shown on December 18, 2002. Charges: On January 21, 2003, he was convicted of involvement in the alleged […]

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, paragraphs […]

Date of Birth: February 25, 1960, Born in Ashgabat. Biography: He graduated from the Turkmen Institute of National Economy (1977-1982). In 1977, he worked as a laboratory assistant and project affiliate of TNII branch “VNIIGAZ” in Ashgabat. Since 1978, he held numerous jobs in SU-1 “Turkmenneftegazstroy.” Since 1982, he was the Senior Economist in the […]

Biography: From Lebap Province. Guvanch Djumaev’s distant relative. Arrest and conviction: He was detained on the evening of November 25, 2002 at the home of Chary Djumaev. He was sentenced in January 2003 to 25 years imprisonment: 3 years in prison, the rest in a penal colony. His property would be confiscated. Following the sentence, […]

Biography: Born in 1979, Orazgeldyev’s nephew (Orazgeldyev is his mother’s sister’s husband). Arrest and conviction: He was beaten and tortured by electric current. 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; […]

Date of Birth: Unknown Biography: Deputy Head of the National Security Committee, Head of the Ashgabat branch of the National Security Committee, Colonel. Arrest and Conviction: Convicted on June 15, 2002 along with Head of the National Security Committee, M. Nazarov, and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, with 3 years in prison and the rest […]

Date of Birth: 1949, from a village in the Krach Farab district of Charjou Oblast. Biography: He graduated from the Turkmen Agricultural Institute Kalinin (1974), the Moscow Plekhanov Institute of National Economy (1987), and is a graduate of the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan (1995). Since 1968, he worked as […]

Date of Birth: 1939, born in the Hasan-Kuliysk district of the Krasnovodsk region Citizenship: Turkmen Residence at time of arrest: Ashgabat Position when arrested: Deputy of the Parliament Details of arrest: On November 12, 2002, Khallyev allegedly resigned from his duties as Chairman of the Mejlis due to “health reasons.”[1] The meeting of deputies at […]

Date of birth: 1942, in the village of Kodzh Kizilarvatskiy Etrap, Balkanskiy Velyat Citizenship: Turkmen Residence at time of arrest: Unknown Position when arrested: Unknown Charges:  Arrested in 2001, charged with economic crimes Sentence: Unknown Biography: Began his career as a station dispatcher, and then as deputy manager of the railroad station “Ashgabat”. Graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Engineering and  Railroad transport. In 1970-80 […]