Turkmenistan: Further information on Arbitrary detention/Fear of torture

Index Number: EUR 61/013/2006
Date Published: 13 September 2006
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Turkmenistan

Early on 14 September, officers from the Ministry of National Security of Turkmenistan informed Ogulsapar Muradova's relatives that she had died in custody. Amnesty International is concerned at allegations that she was subjected to torture and ill-treatment in detention and urges the authorities to conduct a thorough, prompt and independent investigation into her death.