Turkmen Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights explained

The Turkmen Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is a non-governmental organization, based in Bulgaria, for the promotion of human rights in Turkmenistan. The organization was founded on July 21, 2003, in Varna, Bulgaria as a branch of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.

In 2006, THF activists Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev were arrested by Turkmenistani security forces on espionage charges, later changed to illegal firearm charges.^[1] Amnesty International considers them prisoners of conscience and named them a 2011 "priority case." Front Line,^[2] Reporters Without Borders,^[3] and Human Rights Watch^[4] have all described the charges as fabricated. On 11 December 2010, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention also called for their immediate release, stating that their detention was a violation of international law.^[5]

External links

Web site: ANNAKURBAN AMANKLYCHEV AND SAPARDURDY KHADZHIEV, PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE. Amnesty International. 18 April 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110429082822/http://www.amnestyusa.org/individuals-at-risk/priority-cases/turkmenistan-annakurban-amanklychev-and-separdurdy-khadzhiev/page.do?id=1361055. 29 April 2011.
Web site: Fears for three Turkmen human rights defenders held incommunicado . 3 August 2008 . . 18 April 2011.
Web site: Reporters Without Borders Concerned Over Conditions Faced by Turkmen Prisoners . 19 February 2009 . . 18 April 2011.
Web site: Letter to President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov regarding human rights concerns in Turkmenistan . 12 March 2009 . . 18 April 2011.
Web site: United Nations declares Turkmenistan’s detention of Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev a violation of international law . 11 December 2010 . Freedom Now . 18 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110408102310/http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/13803 . 8 April 2011 .