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Conscientious Objectors

Turkmenistan
As of March 22, 2012

Name (age) Photo Date of imprisonment/Preliminary date of release Sentence/Grounds* Location
Sunet Dzhapbarov (20) Sunet Dzhapbarov December 14, 2010/June 14, 2012 18 months Seydi labor colony
Matkarim Aminov (19) Matkarim Aminov December 27, 2010/June 27, 2012 18 months Seydi labor colony
Dovran Matyakubov (18) Dovran Matyakubov December 28, 2010/June 28, 2012 18 months Seydi labor colony
Mahmud Hudaybergenov (21) Mahmud Hudaybergenov August 9, 2011/August 9, 2013 24 months Seydi labor colony
Zafar Abdullayev (24) Zafar Abdullayev March 6, 2012/March 6, 2014 24 months Dashoguz remand prison

*  Article 219 Part 1 (Army service avoidance) of the Turkmenistan Criminal Code, which stipulates: Avoiding army service without lawful grounds of exemption from this service shall be punished with correctional labor for up to two years or imprisonment for up to two years.