UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Reforms in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk (L) holds a press conference at the UN Office in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 17, 2023. © 2023 Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The United Nation’s top human rights chief called for action on reform pledges and accountability in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, countries with awful human rights records, during recent visits to the two Central Asian states. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for independent investigations, or “after action” reviews, into…

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