Activists occupy Turkmenistan's embassy in Paris

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said activists from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders briefly entered Turkmenistan's embassy in Paris on Thursday to demand the release of two journalists held in the Central Asian country. The activists were calling attention to the plight of journalists in Turkmenistan during a meeting Thursday in Paris of Central Asian and European leaders. They were demanding the release of Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadjiev, two journalists imprisoned since 2006. They were arrested with journalist and rights activist Ogulsapar Muradova, who later died in prison. Kouchner said he also had urged for the release of the journalists.