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5 February 2019 TURKMENISTAN: 24 hours in airport, travel ban for Korans |
22 January 2019 TURKMENISTAN: New year, new jailed conscientious objector |
21 September 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Tenth jailed conscientious objector in 2018 |
Turkmenistan rejected a call at the UN Human Rights Council UPR to introduce an alternative to compulsory military service. The rejection came weeks after another conscientious objector, 18-year-old Serdar Atayev, was jailed for one year. Ten are known to have been jailed in 2018. |
6 September 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Ninth jailed conscientious objector in 2018 |
With a third jailing in August, of 18-year-old Sokhbet Agamyradov, nine conscientious objectors are known to have been jailed in 2018. Forum 18 could not reach Human Rights Ombudsperson Yazdursun Gurbannazarova to ask why men unable to perform military service on grounds of conscience cannot do alternative service. |
16 August 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Now eight jailed conscientious objectors |
With two jailings in August, eight conscientious objectors aged 18 to 24 are now serving labour camp terms of one to two years. Forum 18 could not reach Human Rights Ombudsperson Yazdursun Gurbannazarova to ask why young men are jailed for refusing military service on grounds of conscience. |
10 August 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Conscientious objector's maximum two-year jail term |
Turkmenbashi City Court jailed 19-year-old Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector Mekan Annayev for the maximum two years for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience. Five others have already been jailed in 2018, one in an apparent show trial. Two more young men face trial in August. |
30 July 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Three more conscientious objectors jailed |
Three Jehovah's Witnesses were jailed in July for one year each for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of religious conscience. They are among at least five conscientious objectors jailed so far in 2018, all of them Jehovah's Witnesses. Prosecutor's Offices are still investigating others. |
27 July 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Appeals against 12-year jail terms fail |
Five Muslims who met to study the works of theologian Said Nursi have failed to overturn their 12-year jail terms at Turkmenistan's Supreme Court. Four of the five are in the top-security prison at Ovadan-Depe, where prisoners have suffered torture and death from abuse or neglect. |
10 July 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Last-ditch appeal against 12-year jail terms |
On 11 July, Turkmenistan's Supreme Court is reportedly due to hear the appeal by five men jailed in August 2017 for 12 years each. The men were punished for meeting to study their faith using the works of theologian Said Nursi, the first such known prosecution in Turkmenistan. |
23 March 2018 TURKMENISTAN: Jailings of conscientious objectors resume |
Two conscientious objectors, both Jehovah's Witnesses, were jailed for one year in January. One had just completed a corrective labour sentence. These are the first jailings of conscientious objectors since 2014. No prisoners of conscience are known to have been freed under the Novruz amnesty. |
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