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Confined to a psychiatric hospital for talking to a radio station

Published on 5 April 2011Read

Open letter to President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso

Published on 14 January 2011Read

Two journalists finally allowed to travel

According to the Turkmen news website Khronika Turkmenistana, husband-and-wife journalists Annamamed Myatyiev and Elena Myatiyeva were allowed to (...)

Published on 13 July 2010 Read

Regime urged to free imprisoned journalists for French human rights ambassador’s visit

As French ambassador for human rights François Zimeray begins a three-day visit to Turkmenistan today, Reporters Without Borders would like to use (...)

Published on 26 May 2010 Read

Turkmen President’s visit to France a key opportunity to urge improvements

France: Press Turkmen Leader to End Rights Abuses Turkmen President’s Visit a Key Opportunity to Urge Improvements President Nicolas Sarkozy (...)

Published on 28 January 2010 Read

“Mr. Berlusconi, yes or no, should you be cosying up to the Turkmen regime?”

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the secrecy surrounding Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s visit to Italy. The leader of one (...)

Published on 25 November 2009 Read

Gas contracts but no press freedom

Ogulsapar Muradova, the Turkmenistan correspondent of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, died three years ago, on 12 September 2006, after being (...)

Published on 16 September 2009 Read

Details of jail where two journalists have been held for past two and a half years

After months without any news, Reporters Without Borders has finally obtained information about the prison in which two journalists and human (...)

Published on 18 February 2009 Read

RFE/RL provincial correspondents harassed and threatened by intelligence officers

Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the harassment of two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondents in Turkmenistan. Dovletmurat (...)

Published on 8 January 2009 Read

Incomprehension at UN Human Rights Council’s refusal to name special rapporteur for Turkmenistan

Reporters Without Borders is baffled by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s rejection on 23 September of a draft resolution for the (...)

Published on 1 October 2008 Read

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Turkmenistan - 10 August 2011

Internet agency retreats on filtering, but does not give up

Turkmenistan - 8 August 2011

Heavy fines for two independent newspapers

Turkmenistan - 3 August 2011

Nakhchivan authorities continue to harass IRFS correspondent

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He is the editor of Erk, the last opposition newspaper in Uzbekistan until it was banned by the authorities in 1993, and he was jailed on 18 August 1999 in the wave of repression after the failed assassination attempt on President Islam Karimov in Tashkent on 16 February 1999.

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