Turkmenistan: Man Gets Four-Year Prison Term for Reposting Photo of WHO Delegation

Turkmenistan: Man Gets Four-Year Prison Term for Reposting Photo of WHO Delegation On September 15, Nurgeldi Halykov was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Bagtyyarlyk district court in Ashgabat.

The 26-year-old had sent turkmen.news a photograph of members of a visiting World Health Organization delegation, though he had not taken the picture himself.Nurgeldi was actually convicted on a fabricated charge of fraud after a friend wrote a complaint about his alleged failure to repay a loan.

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