The Turkmen Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights reports that that on 22 October, 2021 the Turkmen activist Akhmed Rakhmanov detained by the Turkish authorities went on hunger strike without water and food to protest against the policy pursued by Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his regime.
“I hope to draw the attention of the international community to numerous violations of rights of Turkmen nationals residing in Turkmenistan and abroad”, – he commented his decision.
On the first day other Turkmen nationals who had been placed in the same deportation centre Tuzla, not far from Istanbul, joined his hunger strike. Over a hundred Turkmen nationals are being kept there primarily because of the problems with expired documents. They are accommodated in container-like facilities with the maximum occupancy of eight people.
Later the same day the administration of the deportation centre promised to “solve problems of all detainees” by the end of the month.
After that only Akhmed Rakhmanov continued his strike. Four days have passed and his fellow detainees are trying to convince him to drink water at least.
Another activist, Kamil Abulov, is also allegedly being kept in Tuzla. The third activist, Bayram Allalyev, is still being kept in the police department. It is expected that on 25 October he will be transferred to a deportation centre. Attorneys have been unable to meet any of the detainees.
Akhmed Rakhmanov was detained in Antalya, Turkey on 18 October, 2021.The complaint pertaining to the decision on his deportation, filed to the court, will be reviewed within 15 days.The post Turkmen activist Akhmed Rakhmanov detained by the Turkish authorities goes on hunger strike first appeared on Chronicles of Turkmenistan.