Turkmenistan

Sued and Stifled: Kyrgyzstan's Media

The independent press is under attack in Central Asia's freest state.

21 Feb 05

Chickens and cattle are banned from the capital in a bid to turn Ashgabat into "the ideal city".

21 Feb 05

Discriminatory practices are limiting ethnic Russians higher education prospects.

21 Feb 05

Environmentalists warn that decades-old dumps in nearby Kyrgyzstan could poison the entire Fergana valley and beyond.

21 Feb 05

Russians desperate to flee Turkmenistan face bureaucratic nightmare.

21 Feb 05

Shocking stories of abuse from drug abuse clinic, where even the neighbours say they can see inmates being beaten up.

21 Feb 05

An Arabic teacher disappears without trace amid concerns that police might implicate him in March violence.

21 Feb 05

Security services say backing human rights for banned Islamist group only encourages it to grow.

21 Feb 05

Doctors accuse authorities of covering up outbreak of deadly disease.

21 Feb 05

Authorities continue to create obstacles for school-leavers who want to study abroad.

21 Feb 05

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