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UN chief wraps Central Asia visit, citing rights fears Posted: 13 Jun 2015 06:07 AM PDT United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Saturday warned of a worsening rights situation across Central Asia, as he ended a visit to energy-rich Central Asia in ex-Soviet Turkmenistan. Ban said he "heard concerns about the deterioration of some aspects of human rights -– a shrinking of democratic space", during his first trip to the region in five years. Speaking to students at an international university in the capital Ashgabat as he received an honorary degree, he said crackdowns on rights could be triggered by "perceived security threats – in particular, rising concerns about terrorism and violent extremism".

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