Protest over Turkmenistan arrest of journalists

Thirty French and foreign journalists demonstrated outside the Turkmenistan embassy in Paris yesterday to demand the release of three journalists who were detained three weeks ago in Ashgabat accused of spying. They are Annakurban Amanklychev, a contributor to a French TV station, Ogulsapar Muradova, a correspondent for the US-based Radio Free Europe, and Sapardurdy Khajiev. According to the Paris-based press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, all three have been tortured since their arrest. (Via Reporters sans frontières - EUROPE)