UN Official hopes Kazakhstan Will Improve Prison System

30.09.2010
    UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak says he hopes Kazakh authorities will stop "window dressing" the situation regarding the country's penitentiary system, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.     Nowak took part in a briefing in Astana on September 29 after a session called "Public Control over Kazakhstan's Penitentiary System."     Prominent Kazakh rights...