Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur’s visit offers opportunity for reform and to release imprisoned human rights defenders

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the visit of Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders to Tajikistan, which concluded on 9 December, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “In her capacity as UN Representative on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor visited Tajikistan and met […] The post Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur’s visit offers opportunity for reform and to release imprisoned human rights defenders appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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