Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Escalates Attacks Against RFE/RL Journalists
WASHINGTON — Turkmen authorities have arrested contributor Khudayberdy Allashov on charges of possessing chewing tobacco only days after one RFE/RL correspondent was threatened with arrest and another was physically injured in a series of…
Journalist Suffers Repeat Attack In Turkmenistan
WASHINGTON — RFE/RL Turkmen correspondent Soltan Achilova has been assaulted a second time, following an attack last month that rights advocates said was an attempt to silence her reporting. Achilova, 67, was in a…
RFE/RL Calls For Turkmen Journalist’s Release
On the one year anniversary of the imprisonment of Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service and other independent news outlets, RFE/RL joined a chorus of international organizations calling…
RFE/RL’s Turkmen Correspondent Released From Custody
Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service correspondent who spent two weeks in police custody in Turkmenabat, was released today under circumstances that have yielded little information about his ordeal.
Ten Days After Detention, Fate Of RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Is Unknown
RFE/RL has been unable to obtain current information about a Turkmen correspondent reportedly detained by local police in Turkmenabat.
Defiant RFE/RL Turkmen Reporter Wins Free Speech Award
Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev, a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen language service, received a 2012 Hellman/Hammett grant for his fearless reporting in Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most closed societies.
RFE/RL Turkmen Service Steps In To Fill Education Gap
Originally intended as a report on the system of higher education in Turkmenistan, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service has created a multi-media community service project for students.
RFE/RL Correspondent Freed From Turkmenistan Prison
Turkmen authorities have released a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, who had been sentenced earlier this month to a five-year prison term in a case that drew outrage from the…
Congressman Berman Calls On Turkmen Authorities To “Come To The Correct Decision And Free” Imprisoned RFE/RL Correspondent
In an interview with RFE/RL on October 6, U.S. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, called the charges against correspondent Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev “politically…
Turkmenistan Convicts RFE/RL Correspondent In ‘Bogus’ Trial
A Turkmen court has convicted Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev, a stringer for Radio Azatlyk, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Turkmen-language service.