KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2020
Kazakhstan: Civil society activists intimidated, harassed and imprisoned
This update covers developments on the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from late October to late November 2019. It was...
KazakhstanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2016
Kazakhstan: Open letter on the case of torture victim Rasim Bayramov
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has written to Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General and Kazakhstan’s ambassador in Belgium about the case of torture victim Rasim...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
Appeal to Kazakhstan’s president to veto new restrictive legal codes
In a broadly supported civil society appeal, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev is urged to veto the new Criminal Code and related laws recently adopted by...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersJuly 2020
Human rights impact assessment of the COVID-19 response in Kazakhstan
A briefing paper published by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) highlights...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2014
Central Asia: New NGO briefing papers on protecting human rights defenders and counteracting torture
Two new briefing notes prepared by IPHR and partner groups highlight challenges facing human rights groups and defenders, as well as problems of torture...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2010
A joint report on the fight against trafficking in persons in Kazakhstan
Brussels 23 November 2010. The International Legal Initiative (Almaty), the Women's Resource Centre (Shymkant) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (Brussels) today released a report that analyzes...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2014
Newsletter on psychological aspects of human rights work against torture
The second issue of the e-newsletter published by the NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan together with the Helsinki Foundation for...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanEventsSeptember 2014
Statement to OSCE conference: Trends regarding torture and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Statement to 2014 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Working Session 4, Wednesday 24 September 2014: Rule of Law 1
An overview of positive developments and...
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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2017
Calling for an end to torture in Central Asia on International Anti-torture Day
On 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as...