With Tajikistan marking its Independence Day on 9 September 2023, global civil society alliance CIVICUS and the Brussels-based International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)...

“I want justice. A sniper bullet damaged my optic nerve. Later - in pretrial detention, I was beaten so severely over the head that...

This week Charles Michel, President of the European Council, will attend a high-level meeting with the heads of the Central Asian States, which will...

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the conviction of journalist Khurshed Fozilov in Tajikistan on charges initiated in apparent retaliation for his journalistic...

For the 87 th pre-sessional working group meeting of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), partners IPHR, Nota Bene...

The Tajikistani human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has spent eight years unjustly in prison. And yet, the authorities are now targeting him again. On...

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,...