Turkmenistan: Further information on Arbitrary detention/Fear of torture

Index Number: EUR 61/012/2006
Date Published: 30 August 2006
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Turkmenistan

On 25 August Ogulsapar Muradova (f), aged 58, journalist, Annakurban Amanklychev (m) aged 35, and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev (m), aged 47, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment in an unfair trial. Their lawyers lodged appeals against the verdicts on 29 and 30 August. There are strong indications that the charge brought against Ogulsapar Muradova, Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev was fabricated to punish them for their human rights activities.