TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2017
Turkmenistan: Rights violations abound ahead of the Asiada Games
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) have prepared the following CIVICUS Monitor update on the most recent...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2015
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June: Detainees in Central Asia...
Central Asian and international human rights groups call on governments in the region to honour today’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2021
Stop Torture in Central Asia: It does not matter who our children are...
Tomorrow, 26 June, is the United Nations (UN) International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. And on this day the Coalitions against Torture...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2019
Joint NGO letter to the EU’s Federica Mogherini ahead of Central Asia visit
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and five of its partners sent a joint letter to the EU’s High Representative Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini...
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...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJune 2021
Turkmenistan: NGOs document widening crackdown on dissent
Over the past year, the Turkmenistani government has widened its crackdown on dissent in response to a surge in anti-government criticism on social media...
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...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJune 2018
Turkmenistan: Release of journalist does not signal any improvement
While there has been some recent progress on human rights in neighbouring Uzbekistan, the situation in Turkmenistan remains essentially unchanged and fundamental freedoms continue...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2019
EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue: Push for implementation of new benchmarks
The annual EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat on 29 March 2019. The dialogue comes shortly after the European...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2015
A matter of regional concern: Shrinking civil society space in Central Asia
There is a growing trend in Central Asia, in which the authorities curtail fundamental rights and freedoms and clamp down on civil society in...