From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:10 PST
Subject: AI EX087/92 TURKMENISTAN DP
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/* Written  5:24 pm  Nov 10, 1992 by gn:rmitchellai in igc:ai.uan */
/* ---------- "AI EX087/92 TURKMENISTAN DP" ---------- */
EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: EUR 61/07/92
                                   Distr: UA/SC       
 
                                    10 November 1992      
 
Further information on EXTRA 87/92 (EUR 61/04/92, 27 October
1992) - House
arrest
 
TURKMENISTAN:     Ak-Mukhammed VELSAPAR 
                  Khudayberdi KHALLI 
                  Nurberdi NURMAMEDOV 
                  Klych YARMAMMEDOV (previously given as
                                    Yarmammed Klych)
 
and new names:    Yusup KADYROV 
                  Aman GURSHAYEV 
                  Tuvak TAKHATOV 
                  Akbabek ATAYEV
 
 Ak-Mukhammed VELSAPAR, Khudayberdi KHALLI, Nurberdi
NURMAMEDOV and Klych YARMAMMEDOV (previously given
wrongly as Yarmammed Klych), who were placed under house arrest
on 24-25 October 1992, were all released by 1 November.  Amnesty
International has learned that Yusup KADYROV, Aman
GURSHAYEV, Tuvak TAKHATOV and Akbabek ATAYEV, also
members of the opposition Agzybirlik movement, were similarly placed
under house arrest on 24-25 October, and were also released by 1
November.
 
Amnesty International believes that the arrest of these eight people
was in direct violation of their fundamental human right to freedom of
association.
 
FURTHER RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send
telegrams/express and airmail letters either in Russian or your own
language:
 
-  welcoming the release of Ak-Mukhammed VELSAPAR,
Khudayberdi KHALLI, Nurberdi NURMAMEDOV and Klych
YARMAMMEDOV from house arrest;
 
-  protesting that Yusup KADYROV, Aman GURSHAYEV, Tuvak
TAKHATOV and Akbabek ATAYEV were also under house arrest in
the last week of October;
 
-  calling on the Turkmen authorities to respect internationally
recognized human rights standards concerning freedom of association,
including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the Concluding Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the
Conference on the Human Dimension of the Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).
 
APPEALS TO:
 
President of Turkmenistan:        [Salutation:  Dear President]
 
Turkmenistan
g. Ashgabat
Prezidentu Turkmenistana
NIYAZOVU S.A.
Telegrams:  Turkmenistan, g. Ashgabat, Prezidentu Niyazovu S.A.
 
The Minister of Internal Affairs: [Salutation:  Dear Minister]
 
Turkmenistan
g. Ashgabat
Ministerstvo vnutrennykh del Turkmenistana
Ministru CHARYYAROVU S.
Telegrams:  Turkmenistan, g. Ashgabat, Ministerstvo vnutrenykh del,
Ministru Charyyarovu S.
 
PLEASE SEND COPIES OF YOUR APPEALS TO:
 
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan:
 
Turkmenistan
g. Ashgabat
Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Turkmenistana
Ministru
Faxes:  +7 3632 25 14 63
 
and to the diplomatic representative in your country - please see the
responses to this topic for details.
 
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.  Please do not send
appeals after 22 December 1992.

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