Quiet diplomacy doesn’t work with #Turkmenistan, only constant and public pressure does - #ProveTheyAreAlive campaign at #HDIM2019
June 11 marks Begench Beknazarov’s 50th birthday.
For over 14 years his loved ones have had no news of him.
His case is one of 121 disappearances in Turkmen prisons by the Prove They Are Alive campaign.
#ProveTheyAreAlive
http://bit.ly/2IKMCxx
Together with the #ProveTheyAreAlive! campaign and @DASHARTS, we invite you to join us for a night of poetry, live music and conversation about art and activism in times of oppression. 7th of November at 7PM (doors open at 6:30) @RichMixLondon ...
New Prove They Are Alive! campaign video from Geneva about Turkmenistan's response to human rights recommendations from other countries.
Together with @azathabar, translated to Turkmen. #turkmenistan #prove #provetheyarealive
https://www.azathabar.com/a/29507123.html
As personal as this poetry is, it is a call to action, says Alex Johnson @atjsk1 about the poems of Batyr Berdyev, one of the victim of enforced disappearances #provetheyarealive #turkmenistan
Kate Watters about Berdyev's manuscript: When we first obtained the poems, we hold on to them for a very long time because we were accessing the risks of those who can be impacted by our work. It was important for us to have permission directly from the family #provetheyarealive
Art in advocacy leads to more visibility in this particular case (Batyr Berdyev) and in general, says Alex Johnson @atjsk1 of OSF @OpenSociety #provetheyarealive #turkenistan
One of the most striking and moving things about these poems is acknowledging that it is a natural condition for humankind to face these adversarial circumstances, says James Womack commenting on Batyr Berdyev's poems and connecting them with GULAG's poetry #provetheyarealive
James Womack, the translator of Batyr's Poems: the book exists as the important political document but it is extremely personal #provetheyarealive #partingsong
Kate Watters, @Crude_NGO Director: Disappearances is an ongoing issue in Turkmenistan, and the government should take urgent steps to stop this gross violation of human rights #provetheyarealive
Our special guest at the OSF panel is James Womack @lieutenantkije, a poet, literary translator, and publisher from the U.K who finalized the English translation of the poems #turkmenistan #humanrights #provetheyarealive
Here is a direct link to Berdyev's book (PDF English and Russian) Beautiful and sincere poetry #ProveTheyAreAlive
http://bit.ly/2xsP2vh
#ProveTheyAreAlive published a book (both in Eng and Rus) of poems written by Batyr Berdyev during his imprisonment
http://bit.ly/2xh04TV