Turkmenistan: Appeal case. Religious leader Nasrullah ibn Ibadullah remains in prison and allegations of beatings go unpunished

Index Number: EUR 61/005/2005
Date Published: 22 May 2005
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Turkmenistan

Amnesty International is concerned about the continued imprisonment following a secret trial last year of former Mufti Nasrullah ibn Ibadullah. There are allegations that he was targeted for expressing dissent and because of his ethnic origin as an Uzbek. In May 2004, officers of the Interior Ministry reportedly beat him in a maximum-security prison. To Amnesty International's knowledge, the authorities have not investigated the allegations and none of the perpetrators has been brought to justice.