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human rights in Turkmenistan
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Death and Denial in Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
The Turkmen government’s inconsistent messaging about the nature and nearness of the COVID-19 pandemic threat has doomed its citizens to confusion and death.
![Vanity Without Borders: How Central Asian Despots Manipulate the International Press Vanity Without Borders: How Central Asian Despots Manipulate the International Press](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-gurbanguly-rambo.jpg)
Vanity Without Borders: How Central Asian Despots Manipulate the International Press
By Bradley Jardine
Global coverage of Turkmenistan shows the power of personality cults to set agendas far beyond national boundaries.
![Medieval Torture in Turkmenistan Medieval Torture in Turkmenistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-22_14-56-03.jpg)
Medieval Torture in Turkmenistan
By Cholpon Orozobekova
The UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva questions Turkmenistan over abuses in its prisons.
![No News Is Terrible News in Turkmenistan No News Is Terrible News in Turkmenistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-12_11-27-54.jpg)
No News Is Terrible News in Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, a freelance journalist detained last summer, hasn’t been heard from since September 2015
![Forced Labor Remains Endemic in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Forced Labor Remains Endemic in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-24_19-27-20.jpg)
Forced Labor Remains Endemic in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
The two countries were downgraded in the U.S. State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report.
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