Human Rights Watch: Turkmenistan - Denial, Inaction Worsen Food Crisis
September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (TNSRes)(TNSRep) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Sept. 23:
Government inaction in response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated Turkmenistan's pre-existing food crisis, Human Rights Watch and the Turkmenistan Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) said today. Shortages of subsidized food, accelerating since 2016, have worsened, with people waiting hours in line to try to buy more affordable food produc . . .
Government inaction in response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically exacerbated Turkmenistan's pre-existing food crisis, Human Rights Watch and the Turkmenistan Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) said today. Shortages of subsidized food, accelerating since 2016, have worsened, with people waiting hours in line to try to buy more affordable food produc . . .