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Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was arrested on 6 May for unreported reasons. The journalist had been questioned by the authorities at least twice earlier in 2013 after his articles generated active online reader response.
Turkmenistan Highlights
Turkmenistan Free Expression & the LawUnited Nations member countries gathering at the Human Rights Council in Geneva under the Universal Periodic Review procedure should seize the opportunity to expose and denounce the ongoing repression in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and press for concrete steps to end abuses.
The government of Turkmenistan threatens, harasses, and arrests people who question its policies. Political prisoners languish in its prisons, and the rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly, movement, and religion are subject to draconian restrictions.
Sapardurdy Khajiev and Annakurban Amanklychev had been in detention since 2006. They were associated with the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation, a Turkmen human rights group in exile.
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