Committee for National Security
- Committee for National Security
The Committee for National Security or KNB is an intelligence agency for the government of Turkmenistan. It is composed largely of the remnants of KGB organs left over after the collapse of the Soviet Union; its functions remain largely the same as well. The KNB and the national police force are under the direction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs [cite web
last =Curtis
first =Glen
title =Library of Congress Country Study: Turkmenistan
publisher =Library of Congress
date =1996-03-01
url =http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tmtoc.html
accessdate = 2007-10-26]
Human Rights Concerns
Amnesty International has claimed that the KNB has persecuted Turkmens for their religious beliefs, and that only members of the Russian Orthodox Church and Sunni Muslims are tolerated [cite press release
title =Fear for safety; torture/ill-treatment
work = Open letter to gov't officials in Turkmenistan
publisher =Amnesty International
date = 2000-12-5
url =http://web.amnesty.org/aidoc/aidoc_pdf.nsf/index/EUR610122000ENGLISH/$File/EUR6101200.pdf
accessdate = 2007-10-26] . Human Rights Watch has asserted that the KNB has repeatedly imprisoned and harassed political opponents. Both organizations cite the use of torture by KNB agents [cite web
title = Human Rights Developments
publisher = Human Rights Watch
date = 1999
url =http://www.hrw.org/worldreport99/europe/turkmenistan.html
accessdate = 2007-10-26] .
ee also
*Human rights in Turkmenistan
*Intelligence (information gathering)
*KGB
*List of intelligence agencies
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