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KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Kazakhstan: civil society calls on the authorities to put a stop to the wave...
Following the mass arbitrary restrictions of rights and freedoms of the people by state representatives in Nur-Sultan and Almaty on 9 and 10 June...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Kazakh human rights lawyer harassed
Yesterday morning Aiman Umarova found the family dog killed in her garden. The killing of her dog is the latest of a series of...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2019
Meet your defender: Kirill Koroteev on choosing career path, EHCR and human side of...
Kirill Koroteev specialises in taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and has an impressive win/loss record in cases. Previously he...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue: Briefing paper documents civil society concerns
The tenth round of the EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue will take in Brussels on 27 May 2019. A briefing paper prepared for the dialogue...
UkraineReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
New report: Fighting terrorism or terrorising activism? Persecution of civic activists in Crimea
At 06:00 a.m on 27 March 2019, Russian security forces (siloviki) began carrying out a coordinated large-scale operation across the Crimean Peninsula. Doors were...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2019
Kazakhstan: Cease undue pressure on young civic activist Beybarys Tolymbekov
The Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHR) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are seriously concerned about the...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2019
Uzbekistan: Stop harassing human rights defenders Agzam Turgunov and Dilmurod Saidov
The Uzbekistani authorities should end the harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders, Agzam Turgunov and Dilmurod Saidov, and allow them to continue their...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
The EU adopts important benchmarks, as repression continues in Turkmenistan
This report reviews the protection of freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Turkmenistan from the end of December 2018 to the end...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Some positive civic space developments, but more to be done to keep promises
Despite commitments by President Jeenbekov’s government to improve the human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, and achieve a more constructive relationship with civil society, human...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2019
Uzbekistan: Concern over Reports of Torture of Rashitjon Kadirov and Co-Defendants
Amnesty International, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), and the Norwegian...