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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Human Rights Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Human Rights Watch's specialty is the production of authoritative research reports on human rights violations, which are used to shame governments and draw international attention to abuses.
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	Human rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction or other localizing factors, such as ethnicity and nationality.
		The term "human rights" has replaced the term "natural rights" in popularity, because the rights are less and less frequently seen as requiring natural law for their existence.
		Human rights have historically arisen from the need to protect citizens from abuse by the state and this might suggest that all mankind has a duty to intervene and protect people wherever they are.
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	Turkmenistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Turkmenistan region soon came to be known as the capital of Greater Khorasan when the caliph Al-Ma'mun moved his capital to Merv.
		The October Revolution of 1917 in Russia and subsequent political unrest led to the declaration of the Turkmen Republic as one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union in 1924.
		Human rights issues in Turkmenistan, an authoritarian state, include freedom of religion issues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkmenistan (1499 words)

	TURKMENISTAN WORKSHOP
		While conditions for human rights, environmental protection, public health, education, the economy, and political freedom in Turkmenistan have deteriorated markedly in the last few years, the over-all nature and scope of abuse has changed little since independence or, for that matter, since even the darkest of the Soviet days.
		As you will recall, on the eve of the arrival of international dignitaries who were likely to raise human rights concerns in private discussion he ordered the removal of portraits of himself in the center of Ashgabat, presumably to undermine their expected criticism of the cult of his personality as a mechanism of governance.
		Turkmenistan’s entrenched use of child labor to fuel the cotton industry is a natural target for an international campaign against companies that purchase the cotton or textiles made illegally by Turkmenistani children.
	www.sant.ox.ac.uk /areastudies/lecturesarchive/Turkmenistan/Dailey.htm (2913 words)

	Turkmenistan
		Turkmenistan, a one-party state dominated by its president and his closest advisers, continues to exercise power in a Soviet-era authoritarian style despite Constitutional provisions nominally establishing a democratic system.
		Turkmenistan is largely a desert with cattle and sheep raising, intensive agriculture in irrigated areas, and huge oil and gas reserves.
		In January 1999 the Government arrested human rights and democracy advocate Vyacheslav Mamedov for remarks on a Russian radio broadcast attributed to him that were critical of the Government's treatment of ethnic Russians.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/850.htm (8411 words)

	ipedia.com: Turkmenistan Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1994, Russia's refusal to export Turkmen gas to hard currency markets and mounting debts of its major customers in the former USSR for gas deliveries contributed to a sharp fall in industrial production and caused the budget to shift from a surplus to a slight deficit.
		Turkmenistan has taken a cautious approach to economic reform, hoping to use gas and cotton sales to sustain its inefficient economy.
		Between 1998 and 2002, Turkmenistan has suffered from the continued lack of adequate export routes for natural gas and from obligations on extensive short-term external debt.
	www.ipedia.com /turkmenistan.html (509 words)

	1997 Human Rights Reports: Turkmenistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Turkmenistan, a one-party state dominated by its President and his closest advisers, made little progress in moving from a Soviet-era authoritarian style of government to a democratic system.
		Turkmenistan is largely desert with cattle and sheep raising, intensive agriculture in irrigated oases, and huge oil and gas reserves.
		The Institute for Democratization and Human Rights, given a mandate to conduct research in support of the democratization of the Turkmen government and society and to monitor the protection of human rights, completed its first year of operation in October.
	www.usemb.se /human/human97/turkmeni.html (4920 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkmenistan
		Turkmenistan is an authoritarian, one-party state dominated by President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov who exercised power by retaining his monopoly on political power and on the Democratic Party, the only legally recognized political party in the country.
		On April 30, Moscow-based Memorial Human Rights Center reported Radio Liberty correspondent Mukhametgeldy Berdyyew was brutally beaten by the MNB after he filed a lawsuit against President Niyazov, charging that the President had plagiarized large segments of the Rukhnama.
		There were no domestic human rights monitoring groups, and government restrictions on freedom of speech, press, and association severely restricted the ability of international organizations to investigate and criticize publicly the Government's human rights policies.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41714.htm (9568 words)

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		She noted that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe had already taken initiatives to address human rights violations, but said this week's UN resolution demonstrated that the concern was much broader.
		Praising the resolution, Loubna Freih, an associate UN representative for Human Rights Watch, told IRIN from Geneva: "This sends a strong message to Turkmenistan," noting that the issue was now clearly going to be on the agenda on the OHCHR, which she described as the highest body in the international community dealing with the matter.
		Sharing her view, Sunder-Plassman, recommended that the head o f the OHCHR request an invitation to visit Turkmenistan, and that independent human rights monitors be allowed access to detention facilities in order to investigate allegations of rights violations.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=33574&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=TURKMENISTAN (855 words)

	Essential Background: Overview of human rights issues in Turkmenistan (Human Rights Watch, 31-12-2004)
		Indeed, the human rights situation in Turkmenistan today is noticeably worse than it was a few years ago.
		A dramatic example of the harsh consequences for seeking to express alternative views occurred in February, when a dissident from the city of Balkanabad, Gurbandury Durdykuliyev, was forcibly taken to a psychiatric hospital after he submitted a request to the president to conduct a peaceful protest.
		After the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on human rights in Turkmenistan in December 2003, the Turkmen authorities began to assert their intentions of strengthening their relationship with international institutions; however, these assertions in many cases proved to be without substance.
	www.hrw.org /english/docs/2005/01/13/turkme9896.htm (1493 words)

	Russia/Turkmenistan: Are Tensions Growing Between Moscow And Ashgabat?
		But Turkmenistan is also never going to compromise on the issue of the division of the Caspian Sea.
		Rogozin also announced that the Duma is soon to discuss alleged human rights violations in Turkmenistan, particularly in regard to ethnic Russians living there.
		Experts say they doubt the Duma's rights-violation investigation is rooted in genuine concern about the issue, and that human rights has never been a top priority in Russia's relations with the former Soviet republics.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/05/mil-030530-rfel-160000.htm (874 words)

	EurasiaNet Human Rights - Looking Behind Turkmenistan’s Cult
		Turkmenistan has captured headlines in recent weeks, not for its progress, or its value to the American-led anti-terrorism campaign, but because of the absurd personality cult of its president, Saparmyrat Niyazov.
		No one knows how many people are being held for their political beliefs or activities because with no independent human rights groups present, and an overwhelmingly hostile atmosphere, it is nearly impossible to open Turkmenistan long enough to determine the true number of political and religious prisoners.
		In any case, though, Turkmenistan should take a back seat in trade to countries that at the very least acknowledge the legitimacy of human rights and democracy.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/rights/articles/eav100902.shtml (1063 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Amnesty International
		Gross human rights violations continued and were exacerbated by the government policy of “combating terrorism” in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA.
		International non-governmental human rights organizations were denied access to the country and the government failed to respond to any of the concerns raised by AI during the year.
		Against a background of continuing gross human rights violations, the international community continued to scrutinize the country’s human rights record and the government enacted a number of laws that could have a positive impact.
	web.amnesty.org /report2003/sau-summary-eng (1836 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - US Is Concerned with Human Rights Issues in Turkmenistan
		Human rights activists say more than 100 people have been arrested in the aftermath of the incident, including several former officials of the government who had become critics of Mr.
		Reeker said the United States calls on Turkmenistan to accord due process to all those arrested, and to respect its commitments to the OSCE by allowing a mission of the organization to travel there to investigate abuses.
		Additionally, the spokesman said the United States urges Turkmenistan to abide by its obligations with regard to consular access to foreign nationals who have been arrested citing its "particular concern" over the case of Leonid Komarovsky, a U.S. citizen detained since the attack.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=1672 (668 words)

	Turkmenistan Human Rights - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		President Niyazov has stated his support for the democratic ideal of a multiparty system and of protection of human rights, with the caveat that such rights protect stability, order, and social harmony.
		Their rights to privacy are violated through telephone tapping, electronic eavesdropping, reading of mail, and surveillance.
		United States officials have protested human rights violations by refusing to sign aid agreements with Turkmenistan and by advising against economic aid and cooperation.
	www.photius.com /countries/turkmenistan/government/turkmenistan_government_human_rights.html (303 words)

	BakuSun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Turkmenistan’s human rights an issue for U.S. ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan—The U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Washington will not “close its eyes to human rights issues” in Turkmenistan for economic reasons, calling on the authoritarian Central Asian nation to reverse its increasingly restrictive policies.
		Turkmenistan has drawn strong international condemnation for a crackdown after an alleged November 2002 assassination attempt on President Saparmurat Niyazov that left him unharmed.
		Minikies said exit visas remained a key concern, and also problems with freedom of the press in Turkmenistan, where all local media is state-controlled and access to outside media has fallen under increasing restriction.
	www.bakusun.az /cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=4572 (443 words)

	THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, INCLUDING TEXTS ON MIGRANTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST ...
		Among other issues, the drafts addressed mass exoduses, violence against women, the right to food, electoral processes, the promotion of peace, the protection of migrants, the consequences of globalization.
		Also today, the Committee approved draft resolutions without a vote on human rights and mass exoduses, the protection of migrants, as well as a draft that would request the Secretary-General to conduct an in-depth study on all forms and manifestations of violence against women.
		The representative of Canada said that her country was a strong supporter of human rights and the protection of migrants. She welcomed the coming into force of relevant international instruments on this topic.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/gashc3772.doc.htm (1369 words)

	The John Merck Fund - Human Rights Grants 2005
		To investigate human rights violations in Colombia using forensic science techniques, and to provide psychological support services to victims and their family members.
		To strengthen human rights and democracy in Latin America by building the capacity of lawyers, human rights advocates, government officials and journalists.
		To defend human rights through in-depth research and advocacy with local, national and international government policymakers, nongovernmental organizations and the media.
	www.jmfund.org /human.html (910 words)

	Thematic Area: Human Rights
		The issue of human rights is one of the most hotly contested issues in international affairs in the twenty-first century.
		The question of whether there is a set of inalienable and universal human rights has no simple answer.
		Explore the status of human rights around the world and the myriad voices in the ongoing debate in this part of MSU Global Access.
	www.msuglobalaccess.net /theme/humanrights (124 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Turkmenistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1997.
		The Government opened the Institute for Democratization and Human Rights in October, giving it a mandate to conduct research in support of the democratization of Turkmen government and society and to monitor the protection of human rights.
		International human rights organizations reported that on February 22, the authorities placed dissident Durdymurad Khodzha-Mukhammed in a psychiatric hospital in Geok-Depe where he remains against his will.
	www.usemb.se /human/human96/turkmeni.html (4282 words)

	U.S. Issues Annual Human Rights Report
		The annual report on the status of human rights worldwide in 2003 was released by the U.S. State Department in Washington on Wednesday.
		The report said Turkmenistan's human rights record worsened in 2003 under the one-party state dominated by President Saparmurat Niyazov.
		On Russia, the report said human rights worsened in a few areas last year, such as the situation in Chechnya, and that authorities had failed to meet international standards in parliamentary elections last December.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/feb/1198.html (371 words)

	Ambassador Siv: Statement on Human Rights in Turkmenistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The state of human rights there remains extremely poor since the last resolution was passed by the General Assembly a year ago.
		In addition, the government of Turkmenistan needs to improve its responsiveness to the international mechanisms in place to ensure protection for human rights within the country.
		Violations which stand in the way of Turkmenistan being a true democracy that embraces the ideals of freedom, and respects the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms for which this body strives.
	www.un.int /usa/05_218.htm (553 words)

	Turkmenistan Main - Human Rights - Sierra Club
		In the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan -- where President-for-Life Saparmurat Niyazov runs a Stalinesque dictatorship -- local environmentalist Farid Tukhbatullin, 41, had been sentenced to three years in prison for attending a human rights meeting outside the country.
		Human rights advocates worry that he might be tortured or abused in prison, where conditions are harsh.
		Despite Turkmenistan's wretched human rights record, the Bush administration (surprised?), multinational corporations and neighboring governments have expressed interest in Niyazov's plan for a $3 billion pipeline to send natural gas to Afghanistan, Pakistan and possibly India.
	www.sierraclub.org /human-rights/turkmenistan (678 words)

	Turkmenistan Project
		Among them were an agreement on friendship, boosting mutual trust and developing cooperation between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; on mutual travel between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and simplified travel procedures for residents of border regions; and on crossing the Uzbek-Turkmen border by people working at various facilities located in border regions of the two countries.
		The Netherlands noted that the resolution was motivated purely by concerns about the human rights situation on the ground, stating that "improvements on paper and good intentions alone do not suffice" and that two previously adopted Third Committee resolutions should be implemented by Turkmenistan (see F18News 4 December 2003 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=204).
		Turkmenistan has failed to respond to repeated communications from the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and to requests to visit the country to study the religious freedom situation at first hand (see F18News 26 October 2004 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=439).
	www.eurasianet.org /turkmenistan.project/index.php?page=/wnb/wnb041119&lang=eng (3731 words)

	Iraq resolution: key human rights issues unaddressed
		Amnesty International calls on all parties, especially the multinational force,to clarify that they will fully meet all their obligations under international law, including by fully respecting all human rights which Iraq is bound to uphold under the human rights treaties to which it is a party.
		"It is ironic that countries that came to justify their intervention in Iraq on grounds of human rights failed to give human rights its proper place in the resolution and acknowledge their own binding obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law" said Yvonne Terlingen, Amnesty International's Representative at the United Nations.
		It urges the Council to ensure that the UN will be able to carry out its full mandate to promote and to protect human rights in Iraq, including by playing a special monitoring role with regards to prisons and detention centres.
	www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256ED100590EBC (500 words)

	Central Asia: HRW Rates Rights Records From 'Disastrous' To 'Worrisome' - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Of other Central Asian states, Turkmenistan is mentioned as one of the countries where "severe repression continued" in 2005.
		"Turkmenistan is said to be among the world's most repressive and dictatorial regimes," said Tajigul Begmedova, head of the Turkmen Helsinki Foundation, which monitors human rights issues in Turkmenistan.
		Observers said international rights groups like HRW have been cautious to take a firm critical stance on Tajikistan as the country is still going through process of reconciliation after the 1992-7 war.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/01/EAA73363-1FC9-4097-AC67-7623C41F2E21.html (859 words)

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