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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2019
Central Asia: Protests crushed, NGOs under pressure and activists intimidated
The space for civil society remains narrow in Central Asia as the authorities of the region restrict freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersAugust 2019
Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns
This update covers developments on the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from January to June 2019 and was prepared for...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2019
Joint NGO letter to the EU’s Federica Mogherini ahead of Central Asia visit
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and five of its partners sent a joint letter to the EU’s High Representative Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Torture in Central Asia: time to break the vicious circle!
One night in July 2018 police officers drove up to Shahboz Ahmadov’s house in the southern Yavan district of Tajikistan and instructed the young...
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...
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...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2019
Kazakhstan: Reinforced authoritarianism – Sentencing of opposition activists, surveillance of citizens
Ongoing state surveillance and restrictions on freedoms of information and expression imposed by the authorities continue to be a cause of concern. The government passed a resolution that mandates government agencies to block internet and communications networks in a situation of “state of emergency...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2018
Kazakhstan: Rapid shrinking of civic space and freedoms
This update covers developments on the freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression in Kazakhstan from July to September 2018. It was prepared by International...