TURKMENISTAN: Raids, literature seizures, imam detained
Police in Turkmenbashi and other locations nearby raided homes of devout Muslims in mid-August. They seized religious literature, including books...
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TURKMENISTAN: Pensioner’s pilgrimage departure blocked for five months
On 23 August, Yakutjan Babajanova finally left Turkmenistan for her umra pilgrimage to Mecca, five months after Ashgabat Airport officials...
TURKMENISTAN: Muslim prisoners of conscience transferred to new labour camps
Five Sunni Muslims jailed in Balkanabat for 12 years each in August 2017 for meeting to study the works of...
