TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2022
Turkmen authorities should immediately release unjustly imprisoned reporter – joint statement on Nurgeldi Halykov
September 15th marks two years since independent reporter Nurgeldi Halykov was imprisoned after sharing with an exiled news outlet a photograph of a World...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2022
Turkmenistan: Continued repression under new president
This update covers developments related to the freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly in Turkmenistan from February to June 2022. International Partnership for...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2022
Joint statement on the one-year anniversary of doctor’s arrest in Turkmenistan
July 16 marks the first anniversary of the arrest of Dr Hursanay Ismatullaeva from Turkmenistan. She is serving a nine-year prison term for criminal...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersJune 2022
Working Together for Human Rights – IPHR Annual Report for the Year 2021
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) presents its annual report Working Together for Human Rights – IPHR Annual Report for the Year 2021, which...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2022
Turkmenistan: New president should end persecution & imprisonment of critical voices
Turkmenistan’s new president should deliver on his pledge to ‘’humanise’’ government policies and ensure that citizens are not imprisoned for voicing concerns and communicating...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJune 2022
The nexus of environmental issues, poverty, and political authoritarianism in Central Asia: What role...
Over the past twenty years, environmental challenges have increasingly impacted populations across Central Asia, particularly affecting the most vulnerable, the poor, and the geographically...
TurkmenistanCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersApril 2022
Turkmenistan: New repressive measures after January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, ahead of presidential elections
This update covers developments relating to the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Turkmenistan from September 2021 to January 2022. International Partnership for...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2022
Turkmenistan: NGOs submit joint report for UN Human Rights Committee review
This week the United Nations Human Rights Committee convenes for its 134th session, during which it will begin examining Turkmenistan’s third periodic report about...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsNovember 2021
Turkmenistan: Open letter on the case of doctor imprisoned for standing up for her...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has joined several Turkmenistani human rights groups in sending an open letter to Turkmenistani authorities on the case...
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...