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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryTurkmenistan
Age / Sexmale
OccupationBlogger
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryOther
Statusunknown
Sentence—
Turkmenistan · context
12documented cases
9 urgent · 5 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
2
Treason
1
Case Summary
Alisher Sakhatov was detained in Turkey and reportedly forcibly returned to Turkmenistan in July 2025. His current whereabouts are unknown, but there are serious concerns he is being held in retaliation for his social media activity.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Alisher Sakhatov was detained in Turkey and reportedly forcibly returned to Turkmenistan in July 2025. His current whereabouts are unknown, but there are serious concerns he is being held in retaliation for his social media activity.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01threatening public security
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Alisher Sakhatov (PPW case cmplyb3j). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmplyb3jc00021v63uh164cl0. Original data from iphronline.org (https://iphronline.org/articles/turkmenistan-mark-the-30th-anniversary-of-neutrality-by-showing-humanity-and-releasing-imprisoned-activists/#alisher-sakhatov).
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