Turkmenistan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · According to Interfax, 700 people were sentenced to...
- News items in the archive
- 38
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Turkmenistan is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 38 news items on Turkmenistan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2019TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2018TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2017TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2016TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2015TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2014TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2013TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2012TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2011TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2010TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2009TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2008TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
Turkmenistan voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Turkmenistan voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- MARCH 29, 2007KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES NEARING ABOLITION
activists hope the countries of Central Asia will soon abolish capital punishment. Turkmenistan abolished the death penalty in 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2007TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2006TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- APRIL 20, 2005TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
Turkmenistan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Turkmenistan was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- APRIL 15, 2004TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US...
The UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US backed resolution criticizing Cuba and calling on it to accept a visit by international observers
- APRIL 12, 2004TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2003TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided...
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country
- DECEMBER 30, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
Speaking on the issue of the attempted coup on November...
Speaking on the issue of the attempted coup on November 25, 2002, Turkmen President Saparmyrat Nyyazow stated during the session of the People's Council that: "Turkmenistan is a country which is successfully integrated into the world community and by remo
- DECEMBER 16, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The EU Presidency released the following declaration:...
The EU Presidency released the following declaration: the EU regrets the violence committed during the reported assassination attempt against President Niyazov on November 25 in Ashgabat and offers its sympathy to the innocent victims
- NOVEMBER 27, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
Participants in a rally in Ashgabat demanded the death...
Participants in a rally in Ashgabat demanded the death penalty for the attackers of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov
- NOVEMBER 4, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The OSCE chairman-in-office, Portuguese Foreign Minister...
The OSCE chairman-in-office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, had talks at the Turkmen Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss further development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the OSCE
- JANUARY 1, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided...
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country
- JANUARY 1, 2001TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided...
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country
- JULY 5, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The crime level in Turkmenistan decreased by 16% in...
The crime level in Turkmenistan decreased by 16% in the first half of 2000 in comparison with the same period in 1999, President Saparmurad Niyazov said at a session of the Cabinet of Ministers
- MAY 29, 2000TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman-in-office of the Organisation for Security...
The chairman-in-office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, highly assessed the acts of humanization of Turkmen society and noted the wide international response following the