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Ending statelessness is easy, says Kyrgyz winner of top UN prize

Kyrzgyzstan

Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation A lawyer who helped Kyrgyzstan become the first country to eradicate statelessness has urged politicians to end the plight of millions of “legal ghosts” who lack any nationality after winning a prestigious UN award on Wednesday. Kyrgyz human rights lawyer Azizbek Ashurov said combating statelessness was “simple”, but required political will, […]