Turkmenistan: Further information: Environmental activist released

Turkmenistan: Further information: Environmental activist released

Index Number: EUR 61/008/2009
Date Published: 11 November 2009
Categories: Turkmenistan

On 6 November, male environmentalist Andrei Zatoka was released after he paid a fine of 1,000 Manat (about US$350). Eight days earlier, on 29 October, he had been sentenced to five years' imprisonment after an unfair trial. According to sources in Turkmenistan, his release was on the condition that he renounced his Turkmen citizenship and left the country.