Turkmenistan: Mukhametkuli Aymuradov and Khoshali Garayev Possible Prisoners of Conscience

Turkmenistan: Mukhametkuli Aymuradov and Khoshali Garayev Possible Prisoners of Conscience

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Index Number: EUR 61/002/1999
Date Published: 1 January 1999
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Turkmenistan

On 10 December 1998 Mukhametkuli Aymuradov and Khoshali Garayev were sentenced to an extra 18 years' imprisonment for an alleged escape attempt. It is believed that the "attempt" was orchestrated by the authorities as a way of maintaining the men under maximum security conditions.