Turkmenistan's Constitution provides for freedom of religion, but attacks on minority religious groups have been common practice since the country gained independence in 1991.

Turkmenistan is making life miserable for religious minorities. On November 10 last year, the government in the former Soviet Central Asian state passed a religion law even more restrictive than ...

The UN's special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir, is due to begin a weeklong trip to Turkmenistan on September 4, at the invitation of the government.