Turkmenistan should immediately release a well known environmental and civil society activist who was sentenced to five years in prison today on bogus charges, Human Rights Watch said. The trial of the activist, Andrei Zatoka, violated international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said.
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Release Andrey Zatoka!
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Turkmenistan should immediately release a well known environmental and civil society activist who was sentenced to five years in prison today on bogus charges, Human Rights Watch said. The trial of the activist, Andrei Zatoka, violated international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said.
Crude Accountability is launching a letter-writing campaign on Andrey Zatoka's behalf. Join us in telling the Turkmen government, the US government and the Russian government that you believe Andrey Zatoka is innocent and should be immediately and unconditionally released to the safety of his family!
A letter from Andrey Zatoka’s wife to their children, following the trial in Dashovuz, Turkmenistan, October 29, 2009. Andrey’s children are living in Russia, where they are university students.
Andrey Zatoka is sentenced to five years in prison in a miscarriage of justice in Dashovuz, Turkmenistan.
Andrey Zatoka, environmentalist and civil society leader from Turkmenistan, was convicted of assault and sentenced to five years in prison by a judge in Dashovuz, Turkmenistan on October 29, 2009.
Peaceful demonstrators in front of the Turkmenistan Embassy in Washington, DC on October 28, 2009
signed by over 400 individuals/organizations by October 27
The trial of the well-known environmentalist and civic activist, Andrei Zatoka, has been set for 29 October, only 9 days after his arrest on trumped-up charges of assaulting and inflicting bodily injuries on a passer-by.
In the evening of 23 October, after three days in custody, well-known environmentalist and civic activist Andrei Zatoka was formally charged with “deliberately inflicting medium severity damage to health”.
Turkmen authorities should immediately release an activist arrested on what appears to be politically motivated grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. Andrei Zatoka, a well known environmental activist, was detained on October 20, 2009, in Dashoguz, Turkmenistan.
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