This letter,  dated 29 April 2004, from the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, states that “Access to convicted terrorists is prohibited for five years in accordance with the law and court sentences. The Turkmen delegation has officially notified representatives of international organizations and foreign diplomats of this in the course of meetings on repeated occasions” ( pg 5, para2).  Twelve years have passed, and still no one has been granted access to to those convicted in relation to the November 25th 2002 events.