Sapardurdy Khadzhiev is a Turkmenistani human rights activist who served a prison sentence in Turkmenbashi from 2006 to 2013.
In June 2006, he was arrested along with Annakurban Amanklychev, another THF worker, and Khadzhiev's sister Ogulsapar Myradowa, a correspondent for Radio Liberty.
[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.
[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.