Kyrgyzstan: Priorities for a New President

Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election offers a crucial opportunity for a new leader to curb human rights violations that have plagued the country since the June 2010 ethnic violence.

(Osh) – Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election offers a crucial opportunity for a new leader to curb human rights violations that have plagued the country since the June 2010 ethnic violence, Human Rights Watch said today. The new president should also immediately rescind restrictions imposed on the media in the months leading up to the elections, Human Rights Watch said.

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