Germany Should Keep Focus on Rights in Central Asia Talks

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) welcomes Shavkat Mirsiyoyev, President of Uzbekistan, in front of the Chancellor's Office in Berlin, Germany, May 2, 2023. © 2023 Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images On September 29, German chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with the presidents of the five countries in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Regional tensions, especially since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, are likely to dominate the agenda. But Germany should not pass up the opportunity to press the…

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