| |
| | [No title] |
 | | 12, Moscow, Russia tel.:(095)200-65-06 07.05.2004 Turkmenistan: Nebitdag Dissident Locked Up in Psychiatric Institution in the East of Turkmenistan According to the Turkmen Service of Radio Liberty, a dissident from Nebitdag, Gurbandurdy Durdykuliev, is being kept in a psychiatric institution in the Bojunuzan etrap (district) of Lebap velajat (province), in the east of Turkmenistan. |
 | | Durdykuliev was placed in the facility in February 2004, after he had sent letters to the President of Turkmenistan and the Head of the Administration of Balkan velayat, asking their permission to hold a peaceful demonstration against the policy of President Niyazov. |
 | | Soon after the forced hospitalization “the patient” was transferred from the psychiatric ward in Nebitdag, where he had previously resided, to the asylum in the remote Lebap velajat, apparently to prevent information leaks. |
| www.eurasianet.org /turkmenistan.project/files2/040507memo(Eng).doc (331 words) |
|