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...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 25, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Felix Corley Forum 18 (22.11.2019) – http://bit.ly/2XIAVNy – A court in Mary Region jailed 26-year-old Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector Serdar Dovletov for three years despite his chronic stomach ulcer that requires medical...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 13, 2018 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Jennifer Hansler CNN (11.12.2018) – https://cnn.it/2ErhOkr – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced the US has deemed 10 countries guilty of severe religious freedom violations. The nations — China, Eritrea, Iran,...
