You try to protest against one of the nastiest governments in the world, putting your life at incredible risk, trying to slowly build some kind of resistance – and nobody notices, except for the government you’re fighting against. That’s what’s just happened in Turkmenistan, according to [the website of an anti-government group](http://www.tm-iskra.org/news2006/news2006-22.htm) (RUS):
On 17 February, somebody removed the hand holding the [Ruhnama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rukhnama) from a statue of President Niyazov, in ‘Turkmenbashi Square’ in the city of Mary. Another statue in the region had a bucket of shit thrown on it, and in Ashkhabad somebody has gone as far as scattering leaflets calling for the overthrow of the government
Pretty good going – but costly. The reaction has involved investigations, mass detentions, troops moved into Ashkhabad, and the arrest of two unfortunate souls.
[found via [Turkmenistan.neweurasia.net](http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/)]