Identifier
Created
Classification
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06ASHGABAT368
2006-04-10 13:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
NIYAZOV RELEASES PSYCHIATRIC "PATIENT"
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000368
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN (PERRY)
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR TX
SUBJECT: NIYAZOV RELEASES PSYCHIATRIC "PATIENT"
DURDYKULIYEV
REF: ASHGABAT 359
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000368
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN (PERRY)
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR TX
SUBJECT: NIYAZOV RELEASES PSYCHIATRIC "PATIENT"
DURDYKULIYEV
REF: ASHGABAT 359
1. (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER RASHIT MEREDOV TOLD THE
AMBASSADOR AT 1715 ON APRIL 10, THAT HE HAD SHOWN OUR
CONGRESSIONAL LETTER REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF
GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV FROM A MENTAL HOSPITAL TO
PRESIDENT NIYAZOV, AND THAT NIYAZOV HAD AGREED TO FREE
HIM. DURDYKULIYEV WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY MEDICAL
PERSONNEL ON FEBRUARY 13, 2004, AFTER WRITING LETTERS TO
PRESIDENT NIYAZOV AND THE BALKAN WELAYAT (REGION) MAYOR
ANNOUNCING A PLANNED TWO-DAY NON-VIOLENT PROTEST AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES IN FEBRUARY 2004. EMBOFFS MEET
IRREGULARLY WITH HIS WIFE AFTER HER VISITS TO
DURDYKULIYEV AT THE LEBAP WELAYAT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
WHERE HE IS A PATIENT.
2. (SBU) POST SENT THE APRIL 4 CONGRESSIONAL LETTER
PROTESTING THE DURDYKULIYEV CASE ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT
NIYAZOV TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BY DIPLOMATIC
NOTE ON APRIL 6. POST INCLUDED DURDYKULIYEV'S CASE IN
THE 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND RAISES THE CASE WITH THE
GOTX AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
3. (SBU) POL ASSISTANT PHONED DURDYKULIYEV'S WIFE ON
APRIL 10 TO CONFIRM MEREDOV'S INFORMATION, BUT THE FAMILY
HAS NOT YET BEEN INFORMED.
4. (SBU) IN A SEPARATE CASE, ASHGABAT ORGANIZATION FOR
COOPERATION IN EUROPE CENTER HUMAN DIMENSIONS OFFICER
BENJAMIN MOREAU TOLD POL/ECON OFF ON APRIL 10 THAT
TURKISH-TURKMEN DUAL NATIONAL CITIZEN GULJAN KOKER, WHO
PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN DENIED PERMISSION TO LEAVE
TURKMENISTAN, WAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO TURKEY.
THE OSCE CHAIRMAN IN OFFICE, BELGIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS KAREL DE GUCHT RAISED THE KOKER CASE WITH NIYAZOV
DURING HIS MARCH 29 MEETING (REFTEL).
5. (SBU) COMMENT: POST WELCOMES THE POSITIVE
RESOLUTION OF THESE TWO HUMAN RIGHTS CASES, AND IS
ADVOCATING FOR TRAVEL PERMISSION TO NEW YORK THIS WEEK
FOR DISSIDENT WRITER RAHYM ESENOV. WE WILL FORWARD
FURTHER DETAILS RELATED TO DURDYKULIYEV'S RELEASE AS WE
LEARN THEM. END COMMENT.
JACOBSON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN (PERRY)
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR TX
SUBJECT: NIYAZOV RELEASES PSYCHIATRIC "PATIENT"
DURDYKULIYEV
REF: ASHGABAT 359
1. (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER RASHIT MEREDOV TOLD THE
AMBASSADOR AT 1715 ON APRIL 10, THAT HE HAD SHOWN OUR
CONGRESSIONAL LETTER REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF
GURBANDURDY DURDYKULIYEV FROM A MENTAL HOSPITAL TO
PRESIDENT NIYAZOV, AND THAT NIYAZOV HAD AGREED TO FREE
HIM. DURDYKULIYEV WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY MEDICAL
PERSONNEL ON FEBRUARY 13, 2004, AFTER WRITING LETTERS TO
PRESIDENT NIYAZOV AND THE BALKAN WELAYAT (REGION) MAYOR
ANNOUNCING A PLANNED TWO-DAY NON-VIOLENT PROTEST AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES IN FEBRUARY 2004. EMBOFFS MEET
IRREGULARLY WITH HIS WIFE AFTER HER VISITS TO
DURDYKULIYEV AT THE LEBAP WELAYAT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
WHERE HE IS A PATIENT.
2. (SBU) POST SENT THE APRIL 4 CONGRESSIONAL LETTER
PROTESTING THE DURDYKULIYEV CASE ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT
NIYAZOV TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BY DIPLOMATIC
NOTE ON APRIL 6. POST INCLUDED DURDYKULIYEV'S CASE IN
THE 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND RAISES THE CASE WITH THE
GOTX AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
3. (SBU) POL ASSISTANT PHONED DURDYKULIYEV'S WIFE ON
APRIL 10 TO CONFIRM MEREDOV'S INFORMATION, BUT THE FAMILY
HAS NOT YET BEEN INFORMED.
4. (SBU) IN A SEPARATE CASE, ASHGABAT ORGANIZATION FOR
COOPERATION IN EUROPE CENTER HUMAN DIMENSIONS OFFICER
BENJAMIN MOREAU TOLD POL/ECON OFF ON APRIL 10 THAT
TURKISH-TURKMEN DUAL NATIONAL CITIZEN GULJAN KOKER, WHO
PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN DENIED PERMISSION TO LEAVE
TURKMENISTAN, WAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO TURKEY.
THE OSCE CHAIRMAN IN OFFICE, BELGIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS KAREL DE GUCHT RAISED THE KOKER CASE WITH NIYAZOV
DURING HIS MARCH 29 MEETING (REFTEL).
5. (SBU) COMMENT: POST WELCOMES THE POSITIVE
RESOLUTION OF THESE TWO HUMAN RIGHTS CASES, AND IS
ADVOCATING FOR TRAVEL PERMISSION TO NEW YORK THIS WEEK
FOR DISSIDENT WRITER RAHYM ESENOV. WE WILL FORWARD
FURTHER DETAILS RELATED TO DURDYKULIYEV'S RELEASE AS WE
LEARN THEM. END COMMENT.
JACOBSON