Known Centers based in Turkmenistan
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Year Established: 2004
Short Historical Background
The Helsinki Group of Turkmenistan was founded in July 2002 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The group was forced to operate underground but nevertheless its members were systematically persecuted and repressed by the Turkmen authorities, and finally were forced to go into exile. The Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR), the successor organization of the Helsinki Group of Turkmenistan, was established as an independent public organization and registered on 17 November 2004 in Vienna, Austria.
Objectives, Programs and Activities
TIHR mainly focuses on monitoring the rights of national minorities, freedom of association, children’s rights, education, freedom of mass-media and freedom of expression in Turkmenistan. TIHR disseminates alternative information from Turkmenistan-based sources and virtually acts as an independent non-governmental information agency.
Special Concerns
Human rights monitoring
Publications
Please refer to the webpage for a complete list of publications
Other Information
Since 2004, the monitoring activities of TIHR have been conducted with the support of the Open Society Institute (OSI). TIHR also enjoys the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC). Information, which are obtained in the course of monitoring, are reported to various departments of the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), many international human rights organizations, and the mass media.
Address
Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR)
Vienna, Austria
e-mail: turkmenistan_initiative[a]yahoo.com, turkmen.initiative[a]gmail.com
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