TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2022
NGOs call on the Tajikistani authorities to respect international law in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region...
The Tajikistani authorities should swiftly end the violent crackdown and persecution of protestors in GBAO; allow urgent access to GBAO’s western-central Rushan District for...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2022
IPHR is supporting women in prison in Tajikistan through an art therapy project
In 2021, IPHR provided financial support for an art therapy project in Tajikistan’s prisons launched by the Dushanbe-based NGO Human Rights Centre. The art...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesFebruary 2022
Tajikistan: Amriddin Alovatshoyev at risk of torture
The NGO Coalition against Torture and Impunity of Tajikistan and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are concerned that Amriddin Alovatshoyev, 44, a native...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaTajikistanUkraineUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2022
Human Rights Impact Hub (HRIH) human rights sanctions programme – call for applications
The Human Rights Impact Hub is calling for applications from lawyers and human rights defenders from the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU)*...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2022
NGOs call on the Tajikistani authorities to reestablish internet connection in GBAO
The members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) and other NGOs are concerned that the Tajikistani authorities have imposed an internet shutdown in the...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Tajikistan: Human rights lawyer Abdulmachid Rizoyev at risk of torture
Human rights lawyer Abdulmachid Rizoyev, imprisoned since June 2021 for posting humorous comments on Facebook, has not been able to see any of his...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2021
NGOs urge the EU to insist on more space for criticism in Central Asia,...
At the beginning of next week, the European Union (EU) will hold a high-level meeting with the Central Asian governments in Dushanbe, the capital...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2021
In Jail For a Joke: Stifling of Independent Voices Continues
This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period April to July 2021,was prepared...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2021
Tajikistan: Informing the UPR Working Group prior to the review of Tajikistan
Ahead of the review of Tajikistan by the Universal Periodic Review’s (UPR) Working Group at its 39th session in Geneva that is scheduled to take...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2021
Tajikistan: release human rights lawyer ahead of 50th birthday behind bars
On 9 July 2021, Buzurgmehr Yorov, a Tajikistani human rights lawyer and outspoken critic of the government, will mark his 50th birthday behind bars....