KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2020
Stop Torture in Central Asia: Not just on paper, but in practice
When Alijon Abdukarimov, a 44-year-old businessman and father of three, entered the 4th Department of Internal Affairs in Andijon city (Uzbekistan) on 29 May...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2017
LGBT people in Tajikistan: beaten, raped and exploited by police
The human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Tajikistan are often egregiously abused, although consensual homosexual relations between adults were...
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)*...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2012
Missed opportunity: EU High Representative fails to deliver strong human rights message in Central...
Civic Solidarity Platform members regret that during her recent visit to Central Asia the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs did not publicly engage...
TajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2019
Meet your defender: Interview with Dilrabo Samadova (TG/RU)
The #MeetYourDefender campaign is back with a new inspiring hero.
This time we interviewed Dilrabo Samadova - a human rights defender from Tajikistan. Dilrabo told...
KazakhstanTajikistanEventsFebruary 2016
Central Asia: Training on strategic NGO approaches to communication
Almaty, Brussels, Dushanbe, Warsaw 03 February 2016 – Twenty-six NGO activists of the NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and experienced anti-torture...
TajikistanCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2020
Tajikistan and the COVID pandemic: denial, cover-up and downplay
“Particularly at times of national emergency, it is of utmost importance that the rights of expression and access to information are safeguarded – and...
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...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2018
Tajikistan: Joint NGO report launched on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
On the United Nations (UN) International Day of Persons with Disabilities the Tajikistani civil society organizations Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19February 2021
Central Asia’s COVID-19 Crisis
The global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Central Asia’s pre-existing patterns of censorship and repression. The governments of the region have used this public health...