Turkmenistan: Environmentalist arrested in Turkmenistan

Index Number: EUR 61/006/2009
Fecha de publicación: 27 octubre 2009
Categorías: Turkmenistán

Andrei Zatoka, a 53-year-old male environmentalist, was arrested by police in his home town of Dashoguz, northern Turkmenistan, on 20 October. He is believed to be held in a pre-trial detention centre in the town, where he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. He may have been arrested to punish him for his peaceful work as an environmental activist.