Ethnic Feuding Risks Violence In Kyrgyzstan: U.N -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Southern Kyrgyzstan risks a return to ethnic violence if discrimination persists against minority groups in the volatile Central Asian region, where hundreds were killed in June 2010 clashes, the United Nations' human rights chief said on Tuesday.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on the mayor of Osh, the focus of clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that killed nearly 500 people, to condemn torture and other rights abuses she said were taking place in the city.
"Continued imbalances in the treatment of various groups will simply make further outbreaks inevitable, as they feed a cycle of resentment, mistrust and prejudice on both sides," said Pillay.
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My Comment: Another country where ethnic and sectarian tensions that were suppressed by the Communists are now coming back in full force.
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