Human rights defenders from Turkmenistan

Cases

Relevant SG report

From Country

Country Geolocation

Latitude: 38.969719

Longitude: 59.556278

From Region

UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report

Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?: No

Reported trigger of reprisal: at the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Assistant Secretary- General for Human Rights attended the Human Rights Defender Platform Security Meeting for Central Asia and engaged with human rights defenders from four countries, but said he regretted that the OHCHR regional office had not felt able to invite representatives from Turkmenistan for fear that they might face intimidation or reprisals from their Government for cooperation with the United Nations

Engagement with UN body

Type of attempted engagement

Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials

Reprisal information: at the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Assistant Secretary- General for Human Rights attended the Human Rights Defender Platform Security Meeting for Central Asia and engaged with human rights defenders from four countries, but said he regretted that the OHCHR regional office had not felt able to invite representatives from Turkmenistan for fear that they might face intimidation or reprisals from their Government for cooperation with the United Nations

Types of reprisals suffered

Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?: No

Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?: No

Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?: No

Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?: No