Scores of young children have suffered poisoning symptoms amid a government campaign to battle iodine deficiencies. This is the second health crisis to rock the country in a year after imported cough syrup led to the deaths of 65 children. Yet this time, the government is more deeply involved.
Another Karakalpak Activist Facing Extradition To Uzbekistan Released From Kazakh Detention globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kazakh authorities have released from detention another Karakalpak activist who faces extradition to Uzbekistan, where supporters say she would be at serious risk of politically motivated prosecution and torture over last year's mass protests in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan region.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhayev, is in Russian custody, the mayor's son Svyatoslav said on September 17.