Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan -

Civil society activists were imprisoned after unfair trials and were held incommunicado. Journalists and their families were intimidated and prevented from carrying out their work.

Turkmenistan fails to keep human rights promises - 12 February 2009

Two years after the country's new government came to power, politically motivated harassment, detentions and imprisonments continue, according to a new Amnesty Interna

Turkmenistan: Continuing failure to fulfil promises - 12 February 2009

Politically motivated harassment, detentions and imprisonments continue unabated in Turkmenistan despite the government's promises to uphold human rights

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T