2006 World’s Most Repressive Societies report released

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are among the worst human rights offenders in the world, according to a new report. 'The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2006' is an annual compilation of the most dictatorial regimes in the world by Freedom House that has called on the UN Human Rights Council to address abuses in eight countries, including Burma, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

For more information, see www.irinnews.org/report.asp?  or www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=409