]> 2026-06-06T05:20:26+00:00 Freedom of Expression/History/Country sources/Turkmenistan 0 en Turkmenistan’s 1992 constitution was the first legal document to protect the freedoms of conviction and expression in the state’s history, with the rights outlined in Article 26. That said, during the 1980s when the country was a Soviet Republic there were some opportunities for freedom of expression as a result of Mikhail Gorbachev’s glasnost (“openness”) and perestroika (“restructuring”) policies. “Constitution of Turkmenistan.” University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. Accessed June 26, 2023. http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/turkmenistan-constitution.html “Revelations from the Russian Archives - Internal Workings of the Soviet Union.” Library of Congress. Accessed June 28, 2023. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intn.html What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? 2023-12-18T13:36:39Z 2460297.0671181 Freedom of Expression/History/Country sources/Turkmenistan Page name 102 en Page name