AKIPRESS.COM - International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) call on the EU to prominently raise free speech and torture cases in talks with Kazakhstan’s government, the IPHR said in a release.

The two organizations have submitted briefing material detailing cases of concern to the EU ahead of its annual Human Rights Dialogue with Kazakhstan, which is set to take place in Astana today.

They ask the EU to intervene in support of victims of free speech violations and torture at this meeting, as well as in other interactions with Kazakhstan’s government, with which it is about to enter into closer political and economic relations now that an enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement has been negotiated and is expected to be signed soon.