KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Draft legislation threatens to result in censorship of film screenings
Draft legislation currently under consideration in Kyrgyzstan risks resulting in censorship of the screenings of films and audiovisual products in violation of Kyrgyzstan’s international...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Central Asia: Global report documents alarming civic space trends
The CIVICUS Monitor has released its annual, global report People Power Under Attack (PPUA), which examines threats and trends facing civil society across the world in...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Critics of controversial border deal kept in detention
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the court decisions to extend the pre-trial detention of well-known civil society activists, human rights defenders and...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: ‘’Foreign agents’’ style draft law poses new serious threat to civil society groups
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) supports calls by local NGOs to members of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament to reject a repressive and stigmatising draft law...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Corruption-busting journalist deported to Russia
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) was shocked to learn of today’s decision by a court in Kyrgyzstan to deport corruption-whistle blower Bolot Temirov...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Withdraw draft law threatening NGOs
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and CIVICUS call on the authorities of Kyrgyzstan to withdraw the highly restrictive draft law on NGOs, which...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Mass arrests of activists, restrictive draft laws and widening campaign against ‘’false’’ information
This is an update on the protection of the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from the end of April to...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Mass arrests of government critics in escalating crackdown on dissent
We, the undersigned organisations call on the authorities in Kyrgyzstan to immediately release and drop the charges against people arrested without credible reason in...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2022
Central Asia: EU top official urged to raise key human rights issues during visit...
This week, Charles Michel, President of the European Council – which is comprised of the heads of the EU Member States – will visit...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2022
Kyrgyzstan: NGOs rise alarm over deteriorating free speech climate & restrictions on civic freedoms...
On 11-12 October 2022, the UN Human Rights Committee is reviewing Kyrgyzstan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at its...