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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9192
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/uzbekistan

EU concerned about deteriorating human rights situation - maintains restrictive measures

Brussels, 15/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 15 May the EU said that it was “profoundly concerned” about the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, which had got even worse since the Andijan massacre in May 2005. Meeting at the “General Affairs/External Relations Council”, Foreign Affairs Ministers adopted conclusions in which they deplored, “increasingly serious harassment of human rights defenders”. The Council also protested against the “persecution, prosecution and detention of...

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