Wednesday, May 18, 2005

UN calls for Uzbek deaths inquiry

The UN's top human rights official has called for an independent investigation into reports that Uzbek troops shot dead hundreds of protesters.
Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said she was "deeply concerned" about last week's violence.
The Uzbek government said 169 people died in the shootings, but a local army source told the BBC 500 were killed.

No comments: