Turkmenistan: Appeal case: Government attempts to silence the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation

Turkmenistan: Appeal case: Government attempts to silence the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation

Index Number: EUR 61/007/2005
Date Published: 30 August 2005
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Turkmenistan

Amnesty International (AI) is seriously concerned at attempts by the authorities to stop the Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation (THF) from carrying out its human rights work. Some of these attempts are believed to be part of a government policy to prevent information about human rights violations from leaving the virtually closed country, and so reaching the attention of the international community.