Kyrgyzstan Accepts UN Human Rights Committee Ruling with Compensation Award
March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Open Society Foundations (formerly the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network) issued the following news release:
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay compensation to the family of a man who died after being subjected to police torture, in a decision that affirms the findings of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) in Geneva.
The ruling, delivered on January 27th, marks the first time that Kyrgyzstan's top . . .
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay compensation to the family of a man who died after being subjected to police torture, in a decision that affirms the findings of the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) in Geneva.
The ruling, delivered on January 27th, marks the first time that Kyrgyzstan's top . . .