TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersAugust 2018
Sliding downhill: Concerns remain regarding the civic space situation despite releases
In Tajikistan, the recent releases from detention of an independent journalist and a lawyer have provided rays of hope in an otherwise bleak situation....
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2016
OSCE HDIM statement: Torture and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Torture and ill-treatment including the use of electric shock, suffocation, rape and beatings continue to be reported from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Since January...
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 PapersJune 2019
Tajikistan: Torture, ill-treatment, the death penalty and the shrinking space for NGOs
International Partnership for Human Rights, the NGO Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland) prepared a joint...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
International Anti-Torture Day: NGOs call on Central Asian governments to end torture
On 26 June, International Day of Support for Victims of Torture, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2010
Statement by human rights NGOs to OSCE Review Conference on challenges faced by human...
30 September 2010. The International Partnership for Human Rights (Brussels), the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Sofia), Civil Rights Defenders (Stockholm), the Moscow Helsinki Group (Moscow),...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersApril 2015
Freedom of association: A downward spiral – An update on developments in the countries...
Last December participants of the Civil Society Parallel Conference issued recommendations to OSCE participating states, political bodies and institutions prior to the OSCE Ministerial...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2015
Tajikistan: Follow-up submission to the UN Human Rights Committee
The NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan, International Partnership for Human Rights, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland) and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee jointly...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersApril 2019
Tajikistan’s international human rights obligations under scrutiny
This update covers developments relating to civil society and civic freedoms in Tajikistan from November 2018 to February 2019. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) prepared...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsSeptember 2016
Voices from the field: Central Asia 25 years after independence
With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Central Asian states gained independence and set out on a transition process with great...