Archive for January 12th, 2022

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12/01/2022

‘Prompt, Independent, Impartial Investigations’ Needed in Kazakhstan: UN Human Rights

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — As the death toll from the recent unrest in Kazakhstan mounts to 164, the UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday [11 January 2022] requested “prompt, independent, impartial investigations” into the killings, and whether “unnecessary and disproportionate use of force was made by security forces”.

A view of Almaty in Kazakhstan.
© Unsplash/Alexander Serzhantov | A view of Almaty in Kazakhstan.

Close to 10,000 people are now estimated to be held in detention following the riots.

“We understand that the Ministry of Interior has announced that some 9,900 people are in detention as of the 11th of January. Now, this is clearly a huge number,” said OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell, briefing reporters at the United Nations in Geneva (UNOG).

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12/01/2022

The Straw that Broke Kazakhstan’s Back

Human Wrongs Watch

By Paolo Sorbello*

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Jan 12 2022 (IPS)* – The most violent protests of the past 30 years have erupted across Kazakhstan — exposing decades of inequality, injustice, and corruption. The protests of an unprecedented scale have rocked cities across Kazakhstan for days, as the population grew increasingly dissatisfied with the country’s leadership.

View of downtown Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan. Credit: World Bank/Shynar Jetpissova

The government initially tried a carrot-and-stick approach to the unrest, but later was pushed to call a state of emergency and ultimately to request military help from former Soviet allies.

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12/01/2022

Libya: Hundreds Detained in Renewed Crackdown on Migrants and Refugees

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10 January 2022 (NRC)* — The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) are alarmed by the detention of more than 600 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in front of the former Community Day Centre in Tripoli early this morning.E4JkEeUXoAMuVnU
Image from NRC.

The centre used to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees and asylum seekers before it was permanently closed in December.

Dax Roque, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Libya Country Director, said:

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