Wednesday, February 15, 2012


News

OSCE To Monitor Parliamentary Elections In Turkmenistan

x
TEXT SIZE - +
The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) says it will send five experts to Turkmenistan on December 7 to help monitor the country's parliamentary elections.

An ODIHR spokesperson has told RFE/RL's Turkmen Service that the delegation will be in Turkmenistan for 10 days.

The ODIHR team will be supporting the OSCE center in Ashgabat observe the parliamentary elections on December 14, and will be the OSCE's most extensive monitoring of elections there.

There is only one legal political party in Turkmenistan, which remains the most authoritarian country in Central Asia.

Most Popular

               
 
 
 
 
Being Discussed Now

Iranian Bomber Wounded In Bangkok

Latest Comment (1 total)

arash: As I've said before this terrorist regime must be thrown out of the ... More

Kosovo Serbs To Vote In Referendum

Latest Comment (4 total)

Eugenio: Ah, Alija, your open-hearted admission of desire to cleanse the ethnic Serbs from ... More

U.S. Hearing On Balochistan Raises Hackles, Awareness In Pakistan

Latest Comment (11 total)

Mah: Really? You wanna divide Balochistan? That's the outrageous idea I've heard so far. ... More