Central Asia: Renewed Engagement Offers Rights Opportunities
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More than 1000 people gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan on International Women’s Day to protest against sexual abuse and domestic violence, March 8, 2023.
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(Berlin, January 11, 2024) – Western governments are intensifying their relations with Central Asian countries against the backdrop of Russia’s war on Ukraine, offering an opportunity to achieve specific advances for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024.
Central Asia’s authoritarian governments severely restrict freedoms of speech, assembly, and other fundamental freedoms, arbitrarily lock up government opponents and critics, and allow impunity for serious human rights violations, including torture and domestic violence. High-level diplomacy by the United States, the European …read more
Source:: Human Rights Watch
