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"They keep a psychological warfare going against us," one of the Turkmen converts noted in December, after being hauled in again for KNB questioning. "I am learning to live with hope for only one day at a time. We need to live this day and hope we can manage it. Then we will take the next day when it comes."

"We don't know what to do, where to go," Piriyev told Compass. "Our situation is getting very difficult."

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Read more about the four men who were arrested in early December in Christianity Today's "Turkmenistan Police Torture Four Christians."

Previous Christianity Today stories about religious persecution in Turkmenistan include:

Turkmenistan Refuses To Register Bible Society | Government confiscating Turkmen, Russian Scriptures. (March 16, 2000)

Turkmen Secret Police Deports Baptist Couple | More expulsions expected as efforts continue to stop 'illegal' religious activity. (March 15, 2000)

Turkmen Baptist Pastor Threatened with Prison | Two church members in Turkmenabad fired from jobs

Turkmenistan Deports Two Baptist Pastors | Christians arrested last week sent to Ukraine (Dec. 29, 1999)

Two Baptist Pastors Arrested by Secret Police in Turkmenistan | Crackdown on Unregistered Minority Communities Continues (Dec. 28, 1999)

Pastor Faces Thursday Trial In Turkmenistan | Baptist minister accused of teaching children religion without parental consent. (Dec. 10, 1999)

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