Warsaw, Sept 18, 2025 (AFP) - 'Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die': the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan

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2025-09-18

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......

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