Enforced Prosperity Narratives, Corruption-driven Internet Censorship, and Repression of Dissent at Home and Abroad Published at 04.12.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained internet restriction intimidation transnational repression travel ban Read more
Forced loyalty, fear, and censorship: Turkmenistan’s relentless assault on civic freedoms Published at 23.06.2025 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained labour rights internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Turkmenistan: Economic hardship, repression, and targeting of critics at home and abroad Published at 19.11.2024 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression travel ban internet restriction censorship Read more
Dual personality cult, arbitrary travel bans and zero-tolerance approach to public criticism Published at 13.06.2024 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs travel ban internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases Published at 30.12.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Continued repression under new President Published at 27.07.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest internet restriction violent protest surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
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: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Turkmenistan: New internet restrictions, new cases of persecution of outspoken activists Published at 03.05.2021 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction intimidation harassment censorship HRD detained surveillance protest Read more
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 Read more
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: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Turkmenistan: The state reinforces propaganda campaigns following rumours of the president’s death Published at 03.12.2019 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship positive CS development public vilification intimidation Read more
Turkmenistan attacks the credibility of independent news sources and locks up critics Published at 27.08.2019 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction religious groups intimidation surveillance labour rights public vilification Read more
The EU adopts important benchmarks, as repression continues in Turkmenistan Published at 29.04.2019 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction religious groups intimidation harassment travel ban censorship Read more
Turkmenistan: The State denies bread lines and suppresses information about crisis Published at 25.01.2019 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship self censorship intimidation internet restriction Read more
Turkmenistan: The state restricts fundamental rights to cover up crisis Published at 01.10.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance internet restriction censorship intimidation travel ban protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Turkmenistan: Release of journalist does not signal any improvement Published at 25.06.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist intimidation Read more
