Amnesty International said in an "urgent action" statement that Geldy Kyarizov, 63, the prominent former director of the state-run Turkmen Atlary (Turkmen Horses) Association, who was imprisoned for 5 1/2 years on abuse-of-office and other charges, remains in poor health due to a variety of conditions, including a heart condition, high blood pressure, chronic hepatitis, and severe arthritis.
![Irish Senator James Walsh, the head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's monitoring mission, expressed hope Turkmenistan would work to achieve a "truly...democratic [and] multiparty system."](https://gdb.rferl.org/DACD46CB-46B4-4C34-A544-72D96680CCE9_w100_r1.jpg)
![Irish Senator James Walsh, the head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's monitoring mission, expressed hope Turkmenistan would work to achieve a "truly...democratic [and] multiparty system."](https://gdb.rferl.org/DACD46CB-46B4-4C34-A544-72D96680CCE9_w66_r1.jpg)
