TASHKENT (Reuters) - The U.N.'s human rights chief urged Uzbekistan on Thursday to avoid "repressive policies" in its fight against Islamist radicalisation, a growing threat throughout Central Asia, while welcoming a rapprochement with Tashkent.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the first United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Uzbekistan since the post was created in 1993, said the former Soviet republic had agreed to work with his office after previously refusing to do so.
