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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Defending Human RightsThe status of independent human rights monitoring in Turkmenistan is best reflected by a phrase from the oath of loyalty to the nation emblazoned on the masthead of all the countrys newspapers and magazines: If I criticize you may my tongue fall out! Thesole local organization allowed to address human rights issues, the official Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the president of Turkmenistan, acts mainly as a buffer between the Turkmen government and international bodies. International observers fare no better than would-be local monitors: the government denied Human Rights Watch representatives visas on one occasion and refused to grant them official meetings during a subsequent trip to the region in May 1998. |
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