Currently we work mainly on countries in the former Soviet Union.
Central Asia
South Caucasus
Russia
Ukraine
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2019
Uzbekistan: Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture
On Tuesday, 12 November, the UN Committee against Torture will review Uzbekistan's fifth periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Journalists and media face threats, attacks as ex-president is arrested
This update covers developments concerning freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression in Kyrgyzstan from the beginning of July to the beginning of October...
UkraineCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2019
Meet Your Defender: Interview with Mykhailo Tarakhkalo
The next video of our #MeetYourDefender series is with Mykhailo Tarakhkalo - a human rights defender and lawyer working in the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2019
Uzbekistan: reforming or redecorating?
This special issue prepared for the CIVICUS Monitor by the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) and International Partnership for Human Rights...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Kazakhstan added to global civic space watchlist
Kazakhstan has been added to a global watchlist of countries that have recently seen a serious and rapid decline in fundamental freedoms. This watchlist...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Uzbekistan: Cease intimidation of relatives of former diplomat Kadyr Yusupov
Uzbekistan must cease all pressure, including intimidation and threats, against the family members of Kadyr Yusupov – a former Uzbek diplomat currently being tried...
TajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2019
Meet your defender: Interview with Dilrabo Samadova (TG/RU)
The #MeetYourDefender campaign is back with a new inspiring hero.
This time we interviewed Dilrabo Samadova - a human rights defender from Tajikistan. Dilrabo told...
Other countriesStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Civil society coalition denounces attack on the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
On 30 September 2019, the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO), which is part of Bulgaria’s ruling government coalition, asked the Prosecutor General to initiate proceedings...
UkraineCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsSeptember 2019
Ukraine must ratify the Rome Statute: Joint letter to the President of Ukraine
The Coalition for the ICC and its members sent a letter to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling for prompt ratification of the...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2019
Torture and ill-treatment in Central Asia
Torture and ill-treatment continue to be of widespread concern in all Central Asian countries. Methods of torture which were recorded in Central Asia in...