KZBlog writes [1] about the visit of Manfred Nowak, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on Torture, to Kazakhstan, during which he noted that prison conditions have improved, yet urged officials to stop beatings, asphyxiation and other “techniques” used to get confessions from suspects.
Kazakhstan: Tortures Continued
· Written by Adil Nurmakov
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian Response