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14 Dec 2009

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EurasiaNet

Turkmenistan: Forced holiday makers made to do construction work at resort

Workers compelled to spend their holidays at the Avaza tourist resort in Turkmenistan have been hoodwinked, an opposition news site is claiming…[E]mployees of the Turkmenbashi oil refinery…sent, at their own expense, to the Hotel Nebitchi…are spending their so-called vacation "patching holes left by Turkish builders"…Turkish companies hired to build hotels were ordered to finish their work before the resort’s grand opening…They left having failed to complete the construction job. "Holiday makers" are being forced to install plumbing and electrical systems…plaster the interiors. Women and students are painting, washing floors and windows…