kazakhstan

UN refugee agency urges Kazakhstan not to forcibly return Uzbek rights activist

5 July 2005
The United Nations refugee agency today urged authorities in Kazakhstan not to forcibly return a well-known Uzbek human rights activist, who was arrested along with his family yesterday in the Kazakh capital, Almaty, after having fled there following the recent military crackdown in his own country.

UN child and health agencies support Kazakhstan with inoculation against measles

18 February 2005
With help from the United Nations agencies for children and public health, Kazakhstan will begin a campaign to inoculate nearly 1.5 million young people over the next two weeks against measles and rubella in an effort to end an outbreak that began last September.