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 Press-release by the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights As of July 12, 2010
12.07.2010 In the past two weeks the Turkmen special services especially Turkmenistan’s Migration Service, are grossly hampering the country’s residents from leaving the country. Holders of dual Turkmen-Russian citizenship as well às young people attempting to exit Turkmenistan to seek admission to foreign educational establishments are primarily affected. |
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 Does Turkmenistan observe the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against W TIHR report
07.05.2010 This year the UN CEDAW (the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) will be monitoring the situation with regard to women’s rights in Turkmenistan. |
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 Turkmenistan’s imprisonment rate is one of the highest in the world Report “Turkmenistan’s penitentiary facilities”
22.02.2010 This is the first report devoted to Turkmenistan’s penitentiary facilities. The present report was produced jointly by the Turkmenistan’s Independent Lawyers Association and the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights. |
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 Turkmenistan is still a dictatorship Statement on human rights situation in Turkmenistan
04.06.2009 Vienna, 3 June 2009. The Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights is concerned that the European Union (EU) has been deceived by superficial, cosmetic “reforms” by the government of Turkmenistan, and has adopted a policy of appeasement in order to secure trade agreements. |
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 Report of TIHR «Turkmenistan. Human rights in the era of the great Renaissance» Photo from www.turkmenistan.gov.tm: Carpet named by «Oath of President»
14.02.2009 It goes without saying that it was premature to expect rapid changes in the human rights field just two years after the death of the Turkmen autocratic leader S. Niyazov, who ruled unchallenged for 21 years. It is extremely difficult to expect quick changes, when Turkmenistan is still being governed by those, who had been closely working with the dictator who died untimely, but at a proper time. |
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 Turkmen education: reform and regress
18.01.2009 About two years ago it was announced that the need arose to carry out the reform of Turkmenistan’s educational system. The Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights prepared the report summarizing the initiatives undertaken by the authorities over the past two years in the educational area. |
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 Report for UPR UN
26.09.2008 Turkmenistan Civil Society and Human Right Defenders
1. In Turkmenistan, Civil society in general and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in particular are poorly developed. Of 89 non governmental organisations which are presently registered, only seven are regarded by international organisations as independent . The remainder are so called GONGOs, i.e. NGOs created by the government. All these GONGOs are part of a nationwide movements “Galkinish” (Revival). There are no NGOs which are openly active in matters of human rights in the country. |
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 Report of TIHR On the state of freedom of the mass media, the right to freedom of speech and free access to information in Turkmenistan
10.09.2008 The right to freedom of speech and the right to free access to information have never been fully respected in Turkmenistan. Stipulated by the Constitution of Turkmenistan, the aforementioned rights have fallen under the jurisdiction of verbal legislation. Since independence, verbal legislation has prevailed over existing legislation and have enjoyed absolute power.
Since Turkmenistan gained independence, the authorities have been systematically turning the mass media into a mechanism of ideological propaganda, depriving them of creative freedom and other freedoms. During this period the editorial boards of newspapers, magazines, radio, television, Internet access, publishing resources of print media and technical facilities of electronic media have been state-controlled.
Independent mass media are non-existent in Turkmenistan.
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Statement (28.07.2008)
28.07.2008 The Turkmen authorities continue to use punitive psychiatry as a tool to combat dissent. |
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Press release by the TIHR on the forthcoming meeting Turkmenistan-European Union
23.06.2008 It is customary to assume that the new Turkmen authorities are implementing a number of reforms in the country. In particular, the educational reform, expanded Internet access and amendments to selected laws have been reported. Furthermore, the government is also set to adopt a revised Constitution. |
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