What is Human rights in Turkmenistan?
[[Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg|thumb|]] '''[[Turkmenistan]]'s human rights record''' has been heavily criticized by various countries and scholars worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |author=Turkmenistan |url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7723 |title=Turkmenistan &#124; Country report &#124; Freedom in the World &#124; 2009 |website=Freedomhouse.org |date=2012-01-13 |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-date=2011-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023194732/http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7723 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/sca/119142.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226175016/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/sca/119142.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-26 |title=2008 Human Rights Report: Turkmenistan |website=State.gov |access-date=2016-02-14}}</ref> == LGBT rights == Homosexuality is institutionally perceived as a form of [[mental disorder]]. Male [[homosexuality]] is explicitly illegal and [[sodomy]] — defined as sexual intercourse between men — is punishable for a maximum term of five years under the Turkmen Legal code (Chapter 18; Section 35); prior to the 2019 amendment, the limit was two years under the 1997 code. No penal provisions exist for female homosexuality, who along with [[Transsexual|transsexuals]] are an invisible category in Turkmen law. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Human rights by country|Turkmenistan]] [[Category:Politics of Turkmenistan]]