Source: International Business Times
LGBTQ people live in constant fear of arrest in Turkmenistan, with regular crackdowns in the capital Ashgabat AFP Two men who escaped one of the world's most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the "crime" of being gay. When the oil- and gas-rich Central Asian republic makes the headlines, it is usually for the eccentricities of its "National Leader" and "Hero Protector" Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. The dentist-turned-autocrat who writes poems about his horse -- and whose football team has never lost a game in the local league -- is a health freak.
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