FreedomForSale.org | Articles http://www.freedomforsale.org/xml/ffs.xml Take Action! Speak Out! Make a Difference! President Calls for Improved Road Safety http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00134 The Turkmen authorities will not succeed with their plan to improve road safety unless corruption among police officers and officials is stamped out... A strange decision http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00133 The instruction by the Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Railway Transport not to sell return tickets to passengers came amid the high travel season... Those who are unable to give birth can buy a child http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00132 The health care practitioners from the Lebap velayat maternity hospital have been selling newly born infants abandoned by their mothers... New Constitution Fails to Spark Debate http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00129 The publication of a new draft constitution for Turkmenistan has so far failed to provoke the kind of public discussion the authorities asked for. Desperate deserters http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00128 In June, less than a month after the military draft, three (according to other sources, five) recruits ran away from a military unit located in the Lebap velayat. The statues of Turkmenbashi. The domino principle http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00131 The era of the new Renaissance is toppling down the Turkmenbashi’s epoch. Dozens of monuments of the former country’s leader have been... Private Schools in Turkmenistan http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00130 As part of a major constitutional reform, the Turkmen authorities plan to make private education a viable alternative to the state system. Analysts Predict Grain Shortfall http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00127 Reports coming out of Turkmenistan suggest there will be a shortfall in grain availability that could lead to difficulties over the winter... Gas cut-off as collective punishment http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00126 Earlier this week the Dashoguz municipal authorities have been combating the apartment dwellers who installed the gas stoves without approval by the municipal gas supply department. Turkmen, Uzbek Faith Groups Still Under Pressure http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00125 The state of religious freedoms in both Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan remains as poor as ever, with both governments suspicious of... New ideology requires new ideologists http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00124 As has been reported by Turkmenistan’s State Information Agency, the joint session of the VI extraordinary congress of the national... Mail censorship. Why hide the obvious? http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00123 It is a well known fact that a customs officer is assigned to each post office. He is supposed to inspect the contents of the... Journalists under surveillance http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00122 Journalists continue to be persecuted in Turkmenistan. As has become known, the Ministry of National Security is currently... Turkmen Farmers’ Hands Still Tied http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00121 While the Turkmen government appears to recognise the need for farming reforms, there are certain obstacles to success it must... Typhoid fever is rampant in the eastern Turkmenistan http://www.freedomforsale.org/index.php?req=article00120 Quarantine has been introduced in the northern part of the Lebap velayat after several inhabited localities became the centres of disseminating the typhoid fever.