Turkmenistan - Freelance journalist held incommunicado for past three weeks

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, a freelance reporter who went missing near the western city of Turkmenbashi on 7 July. It was finally reported on 29 July that he is being held incommunicado by the authorities. Nepeskuliev works for the Turkmen service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the Netherlands-based news website Alternative Turkmenistan News (ATN). He called his family on 7 July from Avaza, a Caspian Sea town near (...)

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