USCIRF Chairman Says He Found Some Hopeful Signals In Turkmenistan

Radio Free Europe yesterday featured an interview with Michael Cromartie, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom following the visit of a USCIRF delegation to Turkmenistan. Cromartie said: "In Turkmenistan, you still have a repressive situation, but you at least have some signals that the government is aware of that and wants to do better. But their feet have to be held to the fire and it must be measure over time.... We heard the words, but we didn't see the evidence." (See prior related posting.)