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The EU adopts important benchmarks, as repression continues in Turkmenistan
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- 29.04.2019
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- religious groups
- intimidation
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- travel ban
- censorship
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Turkmenistan: The state reinforces propaganda campaigns following rumours of the president’s death
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- 03.12.2019
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- Turkmenistan
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- censorship
- positive CS development
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- intimidation
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Turkmenistan attacks the credibility of independent news sources and locks up critics
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- 27.08.2019
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- religious groups
- intimidation
- surveillance
- labour rights
- public vilification
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As Turkmenistan votes, authorities crush dissent with an iron fist
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- 08.02.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- funding restriction
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- access to info. law
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Despite international scrutiny and criticism, Turkmen authorities restrict civic freedoms
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- 15.05.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- restrictive law
- religious groups
- political interference
- minority groups
- land rights
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Human rights situation still appalling in post-election Turkmenistan
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- 29.03.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- release of HRDs
- harassment
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
- public vilification
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- torture/ill-treatment
- access to info. law
- surveillance
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Rights violations abound ahead of the Asiada Games
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- 21.07.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- time,place restrictions
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Flashy Asiada marred by human rights violations
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- 22.09.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- surveillance
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Attack on elderly woman sparks calls to end persecution of activists' families
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- 03.11.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- intimidation
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No end to repression after the Asian Games
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- 27.11.2017
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- intimidation
- censorship
- harassment
- refusal of registration
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- surveillance
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Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis
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- 18.01.2018
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
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Maintaining the status quo: continued oppression and injustice in Turkmenistan
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- 11.04.2018
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- religious groups
- censorship
- travel ban
- internet restriction
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Turkmenistan: Release of journalist does not signal any improvement
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- 25.06.2018
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
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Turkmenistan: The state restricts fundamental rights to cover up crisis
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- 01.10.2018
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- censorship
- intimidation
- travel ban
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
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Increased internet censorship; mass mobilisation for regime-praising events continues
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- 19.03.2020
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- political interference
- intimidation
- travel ban
- excessive force
- censorship
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Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics
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- 08.06.2020
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- internet restriction
- intimidation
- surveillance
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
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Wave of protests prompts growing pressure on activists as government continues COVID-19 denial
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- 17.09.2020
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- protestor(s) detained
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While insisting it’s COVID-19 free, Turkmenistan renews efforts to clamp down on dissent
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- 22.12.2020
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
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- harassment
- release of HRDs
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Turkmenistan: New internet restrictions, new cases of persecution of outspoken activists
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- 03.05.2021
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- HRD detained
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- intimidation
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- protest
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Turkmenistan’s government targets critics at home and abroad in its relentless crackdown on dissent
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- 09.09.2021
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- Turkmenistan
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- Latest Developments
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- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- prevention of protest
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction