Turkmenistan - Two journalists freed after seven years in prison in appalling conditions

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that journalists and human rights activists Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadjiyev were released during the weekend on completing seven-year jail sentences in appalling conditions. “We are delighted that these two journalists have finally been freed,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We often feared for their lives during these past years, in which reports of terrible prison conditions occasionally reached us. Nonetheless, they are in (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 18 février 2013