The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, expressed concern over the rising tension and violence in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. Photo: Internet UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric informed journalists at a press conference on May 19 that Guterres is concerned about reports of escalating violence and casualties among civilians in the Gorno-Badakhshan […]
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, expressed concern over the rising tension and violence in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan.
Photo: Internet
UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric informed journalists at a press conference on May 19 that Guterres is concerned about reports of escalating violence and casualties among civilians in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan.
According to Dujarric, the UN Secretary-General urged the parties to make every effort for a peaceful resolution of the situation. He added that the UN will closely monitor the situation.
Earlier, the European Union delegation in Tajikistan and the embassies of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the international human rights organization Human Rights, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Helga Maria Schmidt, and the representative of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee Marius Fossum expressed deep concern regarding the reports and recent events in GBAO.
Since May 16, the situation in Khorog and the Rushan district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region has remained tense. Security forces have brutally killed more than 30 residents in Khorog and the Rushan district and detained 124 people.
Photo: Internet