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Deputy UN rights chief set to visit central Asia

A top United Nations rights official is headed to Kazakhstan and four other Central Asian countries where he will reopen high-level discussions on the promotion and protection of human rights.

Security must be guided by respect for civil liberties, UN human rights chief says

The top United Nations human rights official today stressed that even in times of grave uncertainty - when there was a sense that "no one is safe" - a comprehensive strategy for security can and must be guided by the rule of law and respect for human rights.