EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: EUR 61/07/92

Distr: UA/SC

10 November 1992

Further information on EXTRA 87/92 (EUR 61/04/92, 27 October 1992) - House arrest

TURKMENISTAN:Ak-Mukhammed VELSAPAR

Khudayberdi KHALLI

Nurberdi NURMAMEDOV

Klych YARMAMMEDOV (previously given as Yarmammed Klych)

and new names: Yusup KADYROV

Aman GURSHAYEV

Tuvak TAKHATOV

Akbabek ATAYEV

(in cyrillic Ак-Мухаммед ВЕЛСАПАР

Худайберди ХАЛЛИ

Нурберди НУРМАМЕДОВ

Клыч ЯРМАММЕДОВ

Юсуп КАДЫРОВ

Аман ГУРШАЕВ

Тувак ТАХАТОВ

Акбабек АТАЕВ)

Ak-Mukhammed VELSAPAR, Khudayberdi KHALLI, Nurberdi NURMAMEDOV and Klych YARMAMMEDOV (previously given wrongly as Yarmammed Klych), who were placed under house arrest on 24-25 October 1992, were all released by 1 November. Amnesty International has learned that Yusup KADYROV, Aman GURSHAYEV, Tuvak TAKHATOV and Akbabek ATAYEV, also members of the opposition Agzybirlik movement, were similarly placed under house arrest on 24-25 October, and were also released by 1 November.

Amnesty International believes that the arrest of these eight people was in direct violation of their fundamental human right to freedom of association.

FURTHER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send telegrams/express and airmail letters either in Russian or your own language:

- welcoming the release of Ak-Mukhammed VELSAPAR, Khudayberdi KHALLI, Nurberdi NURMAMEDOV and Klych YARMAMMEDOV from house arrest;

- protesting that Yusup KADYROV, Aman GURSHAYEV, Tuvak TAKHATOV and Akbabek ATAYEV were also under house arrest in the last week of October;

- calling on the Turkmen authorities to respect internationally recognized human rights standards concerning freedom of association, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Concluding Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).

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APPEALS TO:

1. President of Turkmenistan:

Turkmenistan

g. Ashgabat

Prezidentu Turkmenistana

NIYAZOVU S.A.

Telegrams: Turkmenistan, g. Ashgabat, Prezidentu Niyazovu S.A.

Saluatation: Dear President

2. The Minister of Internal Affairs:

Turkmenistan

g. Ashgabat

Ministerstvo vnutrennykh del Turkmenistana

Ministru CHARYYAROVU S.

Telegrams: Turkmenistan, g. Ashgabat, Ministerstvo vnutrenykh del, Ministru Charyyarovu S.

Salutation: Dear Minister

COPIES OF YOUR APPEALS TO:

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan:

Turkmenistan

g. Ashgabat

Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Turkmenistana

Ministru

Faxes: +7 3632 25 14 63

and to diplomatic representatives of Turkmenistan accredited to your country (these are generally to be found at the Embassy of the Russian Federation, the former Soviet Embassy).

PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat, or your section office, if sending appeals after 22 December 1992.