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schema:articleBody	Central Asian Turkmenistan has released 16 Jehovah's Witnesses who were jailed for conscientious objection to military service, a spokesman for the religious group told AFP on Tuesday. The presidential pardons could mark a turnaround in the gas-rich authoritarian government's policy of jailing members of the faith who refuse compulsory military service following a long campaign by rights groups. The group's spokesman Jarrod Lopes confirmed to AFP by email that the releases concerned Turkmen Jehovah's Witnesses imprisoned for conscientious objection, which is punished with two years in jail. Ten of the young men freed were serving their second sentences, he said. Lopes said the Jehovah's Witnesses hoped the releases were "a signal" that Turkmenistan "will soon offer (the men) alternative civilian service that does not conflict with their personal Christian beliefs". "These young men are more than willing to make a substantive contribution to Turkmen society, but they cannot do that from prison," Lopes told AFP. Turkmenistan has made no comment on the cases and it was not immediately clear what prompted the pardons. Turkmenistan regularly features among elite offenders in global rights rankings and is designated a "Country of Particular Concern" by the US State Department for abuses of religious freedoms. cr/acl/bp
schema:headline	Turkmenistan frees 16 Jehovah's Witnesses from jail
schema:mentions	United States Department of State Agence France-Presse Christianity Conscription in Turkey Alternative civilian service Conscientious objector Global Rights Turkmenistan Asian people Authoritarianism
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schema:datePublished	2021-05-11 (xsd:date)
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