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Internet disruptions, deportations of Turkey-based activists and bread protests
- Published at
- 04.12.2023
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Turkmenistan: UN human rights body issues important findings as the authorities continue to reign in dissent
- Published at
- 02.06.2023
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases
- Published at
- 30.12.2022
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- internet restriction
- release of HRDs
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
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Continued repression under new President
- Published at
- 27.07.2022
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- HRD prosecuted
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New repressive measures after January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, ahead of presidential elections
- Published at
- 25.03.2022
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Turkmenistan’s government targets critics at home and abroad in its relentless crackdown on dissent
- Published at
- 09.09.2021
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
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Turkmenistan: New internet restrictions, new cases of persecution of outspoken activists
- Published at
- 03.05.2021
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
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While insisting it’s COVID-19 free, Turkmenistan renews efforts to clamp down on dissent
- Published at
- 22.12.2020
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Wave of protests prompts growing pressure on activists as government continues COVID-19 denial
- Published at
- 17.09.2020
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- protestor(s) detained
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Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics
- Published at
- 08.06.2020
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- intimidation
- surveillance
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
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Increased internet censorship; mass mobilisation for regime-praising events continues
- Published at
- 19.03.2020
- Country
- Turkmenistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- political interference
- intimidation
- travel ban
- excessive force
- censorship