Turkmenistan: Imprisoned Activist Faces New Dubious Charges

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Murad Dushemov, February 2020 © Private (Berlin, June 25, 2025) – Turkmenistan’s authorities have brought new charges against an imprisoned activist who had been scheduled for release earlier in June 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately and unconditionally free the activist, Murad Dushemov, and drop all abusive efforts to extend his detention. Dushemov was jailed in 2021, following an arbitrary prosecution for criticizing the authorities, and was due to be released on June 14, 2025. But on June 10, authorities transferred…

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