Turkmenistan documents by Year:
Turkmenistan opens up media--in name only
February 28, 2013 11:02 AM ET
Turkmenistan is trying to burnish its image by passing its first law on press freedom. On January 4th, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov signed a law that bans press censorship, bars the government from monopolizing news outlets, and grants the public access to all forms of information, including independent and foreign...
Fighting bogus piracy raids, Microsoft issues new licenses
December 7, 2010 3:10 PM ET
CPJ has documented for several years the use of spurious anti-piracy raids to shut down and intimidate media organizations in Russia and the former Soviet republics. Offices have been shut down, and computers seized. Often, security agents make bogus claims to be representing or acting on behalf of the...
The 'cruel censorship' of Turkmenistan
April 30, 2009 10:00 AM ET
Even though Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov announced two years ago the necessity of universal Internet access, the Web is more than restricted in the country. This is connected to cruel official censorship, the serious limitation of the availability and speed of Internet connections in cities, and its total absence in...