A new newsletter published by the NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and International Partnership...

At its current session in Geneva, on 21-22 November 2016, the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will examine the situation in Turkmenistan. The Committee...

(Brussels, November 4, 2016) – Uzbek authorities should immediately and unconditionally release imprisoned political activist Samandar Kukanov, whose sentence has been arbitrarily extended for...

On World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2016, Azerbaijan’s independent media is under greater attack than ever before. The undersigned members of the Sport...

This week International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) will submit a communication to the office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Activists Ermek Narymbaev, Serikzhan Mambetalin and Bolatbek Blyalov are currently on trial in Kazakhstan for allegedly “inciting discord” through social media posts. International Partnership...

President Karimov’s sudden death in September brought to an end his 27-year long rule which was marked by profound disregard for fundamental rights and...

Update on 25 May 2016: We are happy and relieved that Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismaiylova has now been released from prison! She was released...

(Brussels, Oslo and Tbilisi, 9 October 2016) During the Georgian parliamentary elections on 8 October 2016 a violent incident occurred in Western Georgia. A...

When monitoring the parliamentary elections held in Georgia on 8 October 2016, three representatives of an international NGO election observation mission deployed by the...