KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Civil society flags threats to democracy, human rights and the rule of law...
This is an update on the protection of the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Kyrgyzstan from October 2020 to January 2021. International...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2017
The danger of speaking out – recent trends in Central Asia
The following written statement has been prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium); Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2020
NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to release Azimjon Askarov amid COVID-19 crisis
On 22 March, the Government of Kyrgyzstan declared state of emergency measures and introduced restrictions on public life after several people in the country were...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue: Civil Society worried about serious shortcomings and suggesting positive ways...
Today the 9th round of the EU-Kyrgyzstan human rights dialogue is taking place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Legal Prosperity...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaTajikistanTurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersOctober 2020
Central Asia: Civil society monitoring documents growing rights restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic
The global Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in growing restrictions on fundamental rights in Central Asia, as the authorities of the region have limited such...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2014
Central Asian NGO coalitions against torture: The OSCE should put torture prevention at the...
Brussels, 14 April 2014. At the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SDHM) on Prevention of Torture held in Vienna, Austria, on 10 and 11...
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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsSeptember 2015
In the name of stability: Event highlights growing pressure on civil society in Central...
The authorities of Central Asia increasingly use concerns about security and stability as a pretext to curtail fundamental rights and liberties and clamp down...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsNovember 2012
Message on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
Today is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) would like to use this opportunity to send a message...
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...