虽然Turkmenbashi在去年十二月死去，他的继任者Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov继续关押持不同政见者，遏制言论自由，并嘲弄民主，正如他在二月份舞弊的选举中所表现的那样。
And, although Turkmenbashi died in December, his successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has continued to imprison dissidents, stifle freedom of expression, and scoff at democracy, as February’s rigged elections demonstrate.