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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2015
Torture in Central Asia
Briefing for human rights seminar organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 22-23 October 2015
This...
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...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Corruption-busting journalist facing prison after new punitive charges
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) and Civil Rights Defenders (CRD) condemn...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsApril 2013
Memorandum of Understanding adopted by Central Asian human rights NGOs
With support of international NGO partners, more than a dozen human rights NGOs from Central Asia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2014
New website feature: International human rights resources
We would like to inform our readers that a new resource feature has been added to our website. This feature provides links to UN,...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2015
A matter of regional concern: Shrinking civil society space in Central Asia
There is a growing trend in Central Asia, in which the authorities curtail fundamental rights and freedoms and clamp down on civil society in...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2015
Raising concerns about torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at the 2015 OSCE Human...
At this year’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, representatives of the coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2019
Joint Letter: NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to ensure Azimjon Askarov’s right to a fair trial
In a joint letter, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) together with 6 other international human rights and press freedom organisations, call on Gulbara...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsDecember 2011
OSCE Civil Society Conference: Making commitments come true
On 4-5 December 2011, civil society representatives from across Europe, USA and the former Soviet Union met for a Parallel OSCE Conference in Vilnius,...