by admin_HRWF | May 13, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
« These young men are excited to return home and once again help support their families and local communities, » said a spokesman for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (11.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/33F1ozo –...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 20, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Felix Corley Forum 18 (15.01.2021) – https://bit.ly/35SAyoM – Conscientious objectors increasingly face second prosecutions for continuing to refuse compulsory military service. On 11 January, a court in Lebap Region sentenced 20-year-old...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 9, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
– JW Int’l Headquarters (09.08.2020) – On 6 August, a Turkmen court sentenced siblings Eldor, 21, and Sanjarbek, 25, Saburov to two years in prison for their conscientious objection to military service. The court refused the brothers’ request to appeal. This is...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 3, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Decriminalize consensual same-sex conduct. By Viktoriya Kim HRW (26.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/2Xu7iRq – In Turkmenistan, men who have sex with men continue to be arrested and imprisoned on sodomy charges. In mid-April independent media...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 9, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
JW.ORG (01.01.2020) – Jehovah’s Witnesses in Turkmenistan are not able to worship freely. Since September 2018, there has been an increase in government interference with the Witnesses’ religious activity. The Witnesses experience the following violations of...
