Nowruz celebrations for the Persian New Year this March gave no cause for rejoicing for Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov and his family, as he remains behind...

Oslo, Brussels, Stockholm, Dublin, Warsaw, 24 March 2023 The government of Tajikistan should immediately release independent journalist and human rights defender Khurshed Fozilov and cease...

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...

Tajikistan downgraded from ‘repressed’ to ‘closed’  Authorities suppress protests in GBAO region, through ​​excessive and lethal force A widening crackdown on dissenting voices,...

This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from August 2022 to March...

In another blow to civil society in Tajikistan, the Independent Center for Human Rights Protection (ICHRP) has been liquidated by court order on spurious...

“Human rights defenders are not the enemy”. Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, 9 December 2022 Helsinki Foundation for...

The trials of several human rights defenders and journalists, who have been charged with various criminal offenses in apparent retaliation for their criticism of...

This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from July 2021 to July...