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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryTurkmenistan
Age / Sexmale
OccupationJournalist
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryOther
Statusunknown
Sentence3 years
Turkmenistan · context
12documented cases
9 urgent · 5 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
2
Treason
1
Case Summary
A journalist who was arrested on framed drug possession charges and subsequently disappeared into the Turkmen prison system. He was eventually released after serving his three-year term.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
A journalist who was arrested on framed drug possession charges and subsequently disappeared into the Turkmen prison system. He was eventually released after serving his three-year term.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01drug possession
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
January 1, 2015
Sentence served
11y 6mo / 3 years
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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PPW analysisRisk, surveillance & sentence estimates — probabilistic, not the source's reporting.
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Saparmamed Nepeskuliev (PPW case cmply191). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmply1915000c1vi63gn6za1o. Original data from nhc.no (https://www.nhc.no/en/thousands-of-political-prisoners-in-central-asia-progress-and-regress/#saparmamed-nepeskuliev).
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