Severe Hardship for Turkmens Arbitrarily Denied Passport Renewal Abroad

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © 2020 TIHR 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 migrants are undocumented and face numerous social and economic hardships.Turkmenistan should issue passports to Turkmen nationals via its consular and diplomatic missions worldwide. Türkiye and…

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