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Teenager killed in Turkmenistan for refusing to fix judo match
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:38 am
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:38 am
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Turkmen opposition groups abroad have announced protests to demand authorities in Turkmenistan investigate the death of a 14-year-old judoka, who they claim was killed for refusing to throw a fight.
The Democratic Choice of Turkmenistan movement and the Turkmen Coordination Council opposition group announced on YouTube on February 15 that they plan to hold several protests after Suleiman Tursunbaev's death.
On February 14, Tursunbaev's parents issued a statement on YouTube saying their son was kidnapped by unidentified people in the town of Baherden immediately after winning a judo competition which he had been ordered to lose by the tournament's organizers.
The boy was later found severely beaten and unconscious, and died in hospital several days afterwards.
According to a report by Turkmen News, Tursunbaev's coach was also severely beaten after the end of the tournament.
The parents appealed to President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov to find and punish their son's killers.
The Turkmen News opposition online newspaper reported that organizers had ordered the teenager to lose the final to an opponent from a military school, which he refused to do and instead went ahead and won the tournament.
The opposition groups claim that the boy might have been killed by local officials in retaliation for his refusal to throw the fight.
There was no immediate reaction from the tournament organizers to the accusations.
The Democratic Choice of Turkmenistan and the Turkmen Coordination Council will hold an online protest via Zoom on February 16 and will stage single-person pickets on Istanbul's Taksim Square on February 19 demanding a fair investigation into the death.
On February 20, the groups will hold a minute of silence at noon, Ashgabat time, to honor Tursunbaev.
Turkmen News quoted the two opposition groups' representatives as saying that they will also hold a rally outside the UN building in New York on February 19.
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:42 am to Jim Rockford
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found severely beaten and unconscious
Should've practiced Judo a little more.
J/k that's terrible.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:44 am to Jim Rockford
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Turkmen Coordination Council will hold an online protest via Zoom on February 16
What good is a protest if the people you’re protesting don’t join your zoom call?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:46 am to Jim Rockford
Yeah but Jenner made a Tequila
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:49 am to Jim Rockford
Central Asia is one of the most obscure backwards as hell places on earth.
Utterly irrelevant, but irredeemable until the cults of personality governing some of those nations are killed for good.
Utterly irrelevant, but irredeemable until the cults of personality governing some of those nations are killed for good.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:57 am to Jim Rockford
quote:Say that 5 times fast.
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
Posted on 2/18/21 at 9:59 am to saint tiger225
And here i thought travel ball was serious business...
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:00 am to Jim Rockford
I’ve been told repeatedly by celebs and media that America is the worst place in which to live. Hmm...
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:01 am to AlonsoWDC
One of the few places where the one-party Soviet system didn't miss a beat.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:01 am to AlonsoWDC
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Utterly irrelevant, but irredeemable until the cults of personality governing some of those nations are killed for good.
Those are organic. They’re a feature of the culture.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:03 am to TriadTigers
Did you expect anyone to really laugh at that shitty joke dumbass?
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 10:04 am
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:05 am to Newuser13
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Did you expect anyone to really laugh at that shitty joke dumbass?
Take it easy buddy. Sucks the kid got murdered.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:10 am to Jim Rockford
Sounds like he shoulda thrown the fight. He’s obviously no Bruce Willis.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:17 am to saint tiger225
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quote:
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
Say that 5 times fast.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:24 am to TexasTiger08
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I’ve been told repeatedly by celebs and media that America is the worst place in which to live. Hmm...
Literally nobody but mouthbreathers at TD has ever said this.
This post was edited on 2/18/21 at 10:25 am
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:38 am to saint tiger225
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President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
Say that 5 times fast.
Is that who Biden was referring to?
“I’ll lead an effective strategy to mobilize trunalimunumaprzure.”
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:40 am to Jim Rockford
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will hold an online protest via Zoom on February 16
How exactly does this work?
Posted on 2/18/21 at 10:42 am to Jim Rockford
“Joey you ever been in a Turkish prison?”
Posted on 2/18/21 at 11:18 am to TriadTigers
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Should've practiced Judo a little more
If you ever get beaten and tortured to death I hope they put this on your gravestone
Posted on 2/18/21 at 11:36 am to DaTroof
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put this on your gravestone
It'll certainly be true.
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