The Turkmenistani authorities’ actions to prevent an independent journalist, Soltan Achilova, from travelling to Geneva for a human rights award ceremony are shameful and clearly aimed at preventing her from shedding light on the repressive human rights situation in the country, a group of 10 human rights organizations said today. The Turkmenistani authorities should reverse their stance, allow Achilova to freely travel abroad, and stop harassing her because of her journalistic work.
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Growing protests over subsidized food shortages, conflicts over scarce irrigation water, and power cuts in major cities should give Turkmenistan's officials plenty to think about as they take their beach holidays on the Caspian Sea.