TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2023
Tajikistan: Release independent human rights defender – civil society appeal on Independence Day
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)...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2023
Justice for Torture Victims in Central Asia
“I want justice. A sniper bullet damaged my optic nerve. Later - in pretrial detention, I was beaten so severely over the head that...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJune 2023
NGOs urge the EU’s Charles Michel to press for accountability for rights violations during...
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...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2023
Tajikistan: Independent journalist handed seven-year sentence in widening crackdown
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the conviction of journalist Khurshed Fozilov in Tajikistan on charges initiated in apparent retaliation for his journalistic...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2023
Tajikistan: Joint submission for CEDAW review
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...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2023
Tajikistan: New criminal case opened against imprisoned human rights lawyer
The Tajikistani human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has spent eight years unjustly in prison. And yet, the authorities are now targeting him again. On...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Tajikistan: Human rights defender Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov must be immediately released
Nowruz celebrations for the Persian New Year this March gave no cause for rejoicing for Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov and his family, as he remains behind...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
NGOs urge Tajikistan to release independent journalist and human rights defender Khurshed Fozilov
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...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Central Asia: Global report documents alarming civic space trends
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...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Tajikistan sinks to worst rating in new global report on civic freedoms
Tajikistan downgraded from ‘repressed’ to ‘closed’
Authorities suppress protests in GBAO region, through excessive and lethal force
A widening crackdown on dissenting voices,...