KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2015
Kazakhstan: Clear lawyer of criminal defamation charges!
On 30 June 2015, Kazakhstani, Kostanay-based lawyer Bulat Baytyakov was convicted on criminal defamation charges and sentenced to one year of restricted freedom because...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2016
Supporting victims of torture in Central Asia on International Anti-Torture Day
Almaty, Bishkek, Brussels, Dushanbe, Paris, Vienna, Warsaw, 24 June 2016
Continuing reports of torture indicate that the authorities of the five Central Asian states need...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsMarch 2010
2010 One World International Human Rights Awards announced – IPHR director on Jury
The 12th One World International Human Rights Film Festival was held between 10 and 18 March 2010 in Prague, the Czech Republic. IPHR director...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Kazakhstan: UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations
UN human rights bodies recently announced two important, precedent-setting decisions with respect to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in Kazakhstan. At the same time,...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2017
Kazakhstan: Attack on journalists’ rights advocate must be properly investigated
Journalists’ rights advocate Ramazan Yesergepov was viciously attacked in Kazakhstan on 14 May 2017 as he was on his way to the capital, Astana...
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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2010
Statement by human rights NGOs to OSCE Review Conference on challenges faced by human...
30 September 2010. The International Partnership for Human Rights (Brussels), the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Sofia), Civil Rights Defenders (Stockholm), the Moscow Helsinki Group (Moscow),...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2015
Central Asia: US Secretary of State urged to speak up in support of region’s...
In the next few days, US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the five Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and...
AzerbaijanBelarusKazakhstanKyrgyzstanRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2013
Joint statement to OSCE Human Rights Conference: Repressive NGO legislation and practice in the...
2013 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Working sessions 8 and 9, specifically selected topic: Freedom of association and assembly
Friday 27 September 2013
Written statement...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2011
Kazakhstan: Civil society groups put hope in UN body to highlight human rights violations...
Geneva, Brussels, The Hague, Almaty 12 July 2011. A UN review of Kazakhstan this week should address problematic practices that stifle dissent and limit...