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U.N. Chief Wraps Central Asia Visit, Citing Rights Fears
by Naharnet Newsdesk 13 June 2015, 16:03

United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Saturday warned of a worsening rights situation across Central Asia, as he ended a visit to energy-rich Central Asia in ex-Soviet Turkmenistan.

Ban said he "heard concerns about the deterioration of some aspects of human rights -– a shrinking of democratic space", during his first trip to the region in five years.

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