Severe Hardship for Turkmens Arbitrarily Denied Passport Renewal Abroad
November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news:
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* Turkmenistan's authorities refuse to renew the passports of Turkmen citizens abroad via diplomatic missions, pressuring them to return to Turkmenistan.
* This policy is one of several ways Turkmenistan's government interferes with their citizens' freedom of movement and seeks to assert control over their citizens extraterritorially. Without a valid passport, Turkmen migrant . . .
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* Turkmenistan's authorities refuse to renew the passports of Turkmen citizens abroad via diplomatic missions, pressuring them to return to Turkmenistan.
* This policy is one of several ways Turkmenistan's government interferes with their citizens' freedom of movement and seeks to assert control over their citizens extraterritorially. Without a valid passport, Turkmen migrant . . .