Kadyrjan Batyrov, attending a Human Dimension Seminar of the OSCE on the Rule of Law Framework for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Warsaw, in his capacity of a leader of the Uzbek ethnic community in Kyrgyzstan and the founder of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Friendship university, has urged the international community to investigate serious violations of rights and freedoms of ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan.
Speaking at the seminar, K. Batyrov has specifically pointed to the problem of trafficking in people, which the official authorities in Kyrgyzstan have to no power to control: “Kyrgyz authorities fail to fulfill their obligations to protect its citizens against human trafficking at the country-wide scale”. In particular, he has referred to the findings of a mission of Juan Mendez, UN special rapporteur for torture, who visited Kyrgyzstan in late 2011, presenting evidence of torture, numerous missing persons, and unfair justice in respect to ethnic Uzbek citizens of Kyrgyzstan.
In conclusion, Kadyrjan Batyrov has urged the international community as a whole, and the OSCE, EC and the United Nations, in particular, to investigate the problem of trafficking in human beings in Kyrgyzstan, and particularly, the situation with rights and freedoms of ethnic Uzbeks.
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