Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
I request that this letter be given to the General Prosecutor of Turkmenistan, the Embassy of the Russian Federation of Turkmenistan and the representative of the OSCE in the instance of my arrest, disappearance or unfortunate circumstance. read more
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
(New York) – Turkmenistan’s release of the environmental activist Andrei Zatoka from prison on November 6, 2009, is a welcome development, but reports that the authorities effectively forced him to leave the country and may have confiscated his apartment, having already brought false charges against him, are troubling, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
(New York) - Turkmenistan should immediately release a well known environmental and civil society activist who was sentenced to five years in prison today on bogus charges, Human Rights Watch said. The trial of the activist, Andrei Zatoka, violated international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said. read more
Autopia (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... http://www.rferl.org/content/Turkmen_Environmental_Activist_Given_FiveYear_Jail_Term/1864506.html Andrei Zatoka in an undated photograph October 29, 2009 Prominent Turkmen environmental activist Andrei Zatoka has been sentenced to five years in prison for hooliganism, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reports. Zatoka, 53, was found guilty in a court in Dashoguz of attacking...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
(Moscow) - Turkmen authorities should immediately release an activist arrested on what appears to be politically motivated grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. Andrei Zatoka, a well known environmental activist, was detained on October 20, 2009, in Dashoguz, Turkmenistan. read more
