KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2012
Fundamental freedoms under serious threat in Central Asia twenty years after Soviet collapse
Brussels, The Hague, Vienna, Almaty, Tashkent 7 March 2012. A new 36-page report published today by a coalition of five human rights groups from Europe and...
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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsNovember 2014
The coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Newsletter
The NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan together with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR, Poland) and International Partnership for...
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...
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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanEventsMay 2014
Central Asia: Regional conference on torture prevention
Dushanbe, 27 May 2014 – At a conference on “The Role of Civil Society Institutions in the Prevention of Torture: Experience of the NGO...
KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2011
Censorship and control of the internet in Central Asia
Brussels 28 November 2011. A briefing paper issued today by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and four partner organizations highlights problems of censorship and control of...
KazakhstanTajikistanTurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2014
New monitoring report: Fundamental rights in Central Asia in early July-early October 2014
A new report based on monitoring conducted by Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Nota Bene (Tajikistan) and Turkmen Initiative for Human...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2011
Kazakhstan: Ensure thorough and impartial investigation of recent unrest, uphold human rights
20 December 2011. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) supports the appeal made by Kazakhstani human rights organizations for a transparent, thorough and impartial...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2014
EU-Kazakhstan human rights talks: Key concerns
This week, on 12 November 2014, a new round of the annual EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue is scheduled to take place in Brussels. International...