1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2003: Turkmenistan - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WIWWp9FBcb"><a href="https://cpj.org/2004/03/attacks-on-the-press-2003-turkmenistan/">Attacks on the Press 2003: Turkmenistan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2004/03/attacks-on-the-press-2003-turkmenistan/embed/#?secret=WIWWp9FBcb" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2003: Turkmenistan” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="WIWWp9FBcb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In 2003, Turkmenistan's megalomaniacal dictator, President-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov, continued to tighten his grip on the country's politics, natural resources, and the press. A wave of political repression against Niyazov's real and imagined opponents followed an alleged assassination attempt against the president on November 25, 2002. The president escaped unharmed, and some Turkmen journalists and opposition…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260