KazakhstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesEventsJuly 2014
Statements for OSCE conference on freedom of expression
On 3-4 July 2014, representatives from the 57 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will gather in Vienna for a two-day conference...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
Local and international civil society organizations call on Central Asian states to end impunity...
Issued by the NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; Turkmenistan's Independent Lawyers Association; Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights; the International Human...
TajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJune 2014
Tajikistan: Open letter about measures taken in the fight against so-called crimes against morality
In the recent period, Tajikistani authorities have carried out a series of raids in the fight against so-called crimes against morality. These raids give...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
Human rights protection in Tajikistan to be discussed at EU meeting
The annual EU-Tajikistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Dushanbe on 17 June 2014. This meeting, which is held in the framework of...
TajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2014
Tajikistan: Open letter about hazing
Open Letter to Lieutenant-General Radjabali Rahmonali, Commander-in-Chief of Border Guards under the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan calls for an end to...
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...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsMay 2014
NGO report for UN review highlights Tajikistan’s failure to protect vulnerable groups
At its session in Geneva on 26-30 May 2014, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will begin its second review of Tajikistan since...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2014
Central Asia: Joint NGO concerns and recommendations on improving efforts to eradicate torture
Regional Workshop on Implementing Human Dimension Commitments and Enhancing the Role of Civil Society in the Work of the OSCE, Dushanbe (Tajikistan), 20-21 May...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2014
Central Asia: Joint NGO concerns and recommendations on the protection of human rights defenders
Regional Workshop on Implementing Human Dimension Commitments and Enhancing the Role of Civil Society in the Work of the OSCE, Dushanbe (Tajikistan), 20-21 May...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2014
Central Asia: New NGO briefing papers on protecting human rights defenders and counteracting torture
Two new briefing notes prepared by IPHR and partner groups highlight challenges facing human rights groups and defenders, as well as problems of torture...