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Are Amazon, Walmart, and eBay’s online ‘marketplaces’ providing a refuge for goods made with forced labor?
Beyond the goods sold in their marketplaces, Walmart and Amazon should sign the Turkmen Cotton Pledge and investigate the supply chains of their own private label goods, which have been linked to cases of forced labor, human trafficking, and other forms of modern slavery. дальше »
2019-2-1 20:08 | |
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Turkmen National Oil Company Still Fails to Pay off Debt
In July and August the only state company in the country’s oil and gas sector to have any money left was the Turkmenbashy Oil Refineries Complex. All other companies in the industry – Turkmengaz, Turkmennebit and Turkmengeology – had run out of money. дальше »
2018-11-21 11:51 | |
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Turkmen prison deputy head tells inmates: “I am your law, your President and your God!”
President Berdimuhamedov, as commander-in-chief and protector of the country's Constitution, should initiate an inspection in the Punishment Implementation Department and its activities throughout the country’s prison system, in an effort to stop the arbitrary harassment of ethnic minorities. дальше »
2018-11-5 00:47 | |
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Turkmenistan’s cotton harvest campaign continues despite stillborn crop
In Turkmenistan, it is half-way through the cotton harvesting season. Despite the crop failure and empty cotton fields, local government officials hold daily meetings with chiefs of institutions and demand more people in the fields and more cotton to meet the state plan. дальше »
2018-10-11 12:18 | |
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Turkmenistan: Detention of Animal Welfare Activist Galina Kucherenko
On December 7, at noon, several men broke into the apartment of one of Turkmenistan’s most outspoken animal welfare activists Galina Kucherenko and forcibly took her and her daughter Valeriya Kucherenko away. дальше »
2017-12-14 01:16 | |
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Turkmen secret service threatens activists: “Two finger clicks and you’re gone”
The national security officers demanded that she avoided Turkmen independent media groups on social media and “stopped sending information out.” They shut down her internet connection and threatened her with a new criminal case, saying that if she kept browsing the web, she and her husband would be killed. дальше »
2017-10-24 20:42 | |
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Turkmenistan imports cigarettes at $0.14 per pack and sells them for $5.5
The Turkmen customs service imposes an excise duty of 1.75 manats ($0.5) on each pack of imported cigarettes. Therefore, after customs clearance, the cost of a pack of cigarettes is 2.25 manats ($0.64). дальше »
2017-3-28 23:16 | |
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Three years imprisonment for documenting forced and child labor
Matalaev was arrested in the night of October 4, 2016, two days after his report on state-orchestrated forced labor of children and adults in Turkmenistan’s cotton harvest, accompanied by extensive photographic evidence, was posted on ATN’s website. дальше »
2017-3-24 23:45 | |
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Turkmenistan, Apparently, Had an Election
Alternative Turkmenistan News (ATN) ran a secretive survey of voters ahead of the election. The interviewers asked a simple question — “Will you vote for Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov?” — to 216 people, mostly family and friends of the interviewers as “such campaigns are risky in Turkmenistan, and also because most citizens live in fear and never voice their opinions on any subject.” дальше »
2017-2-15 22:41 | |
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APPEAL TO HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY
I and my family members have been subjected to insults, telephone threats, and continuous attempts to keep us in fear. We have been repeatedly summoned to the police station without any reason. My home phone has been tapped, I was denied access to the internet, six of my SIM cards were blocked. дальше »
2016-10-24 16:05 | |
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‘Help me stop embezzlement of public property and protect my life!’ – Balkanabad resident appeals to Turkmen President
I am asking you to send an independent commission to Balkanabad to investigate these facts under your direct order. I am also asking your personal assistance to protect the safety of my family and my own, and to insure against continuous threats and humiliation. дальше »
2016-8-13 21:57 | |
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Ashgabat: Select Expats and Diplomats Allowed to Rent Housing
According to sources of Alternative Turkmenistan News (ATN), authorities in the capital of Turkmenistan have tacitly permitted foreign diplomats and the top management of large enterprises to rent housing. дальше »
2016-5-6 14:51 | |
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H&M Bans Cotton from Turkmenistan
"H&M under no circumstances accepts underage workers and/or forced labor being used anywhere in our value chain, including in cotton cultivation. Unfortunately this is sometimes the case in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and H&M does therefore not accept conventional cotton from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or Syria in our products,” the statement says. дальше »
2016-2-19 20:18 | |
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