Young Turkmen face beard ban - Democratic Underground

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Young Turkmen face beard ban

Young Turkmen face beard ban

Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov has passed a decree forbidding young men in the country to wear long hair or beards.
The president said the Education Ministry should be in charge of checking people's hair as the issue was most pressing among the young.

Mr Niyazov's rule in the central Asian state has always been authoritarian.

But his latest decree takes to a new level the degree of state intervention in people's private lives.

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Young Turkmen face beard ban

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