Annakurban Amanklychev is a human rights activist notable for serving a prison sentence (2006-2013) in the dictatorial regime of Turkmenistan on charges, widely believed to be fabricated.
"[1] Amanklychev's family allege that law enforcement planted cartridges in his car to manufacture evidence.
[2] Amnesty International, Front Line,[3] Reporters Without Borders,[4] and Human Rights Watch[5] have all described the charges as fabricated.
Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev were sentenced to seven-year prison terms.
[2] Reporters Without Borders believes Amanklychev and Khadziev to currently be located in a high-security prison in Turkmenbashi known for poor conditions: "the region is extremely hot in the summer and bitterly cold in the winter, and inmates are forced to do agricultural work in such conditions... the inmates spend their time in filthy, overcrowded cells with no access to drinking water.