BelarusKazakhstanRussiaTurkmenistanUzbekistanOther countriesEventsDecember 2012
Speech at EU-NGO Forum: Shrinking space for civil society
The following speech was delivered by IPHR Director Brigitte Dufour at the 14th EU-NGO Forum on Human Rights, held in Brussels on 6-7 December...
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...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2012
Uzbekistan: Free political prisoners on Constitution Day Use anniversary to advance real reform
(Paris, December 6, 2012) – The Uzbek government should unconditionally release all of its political prisoners on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsNovember 2012
Message on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
Today is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) would like to use this opportunity to send a message...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2012
Further crackdown in Belarus: Office of Viasna confiscated and sealed
The Civil Solidarity Platform condemns the confiscation, on 26 November, of the office of its member in Belarus, the Human Rights Centre Viasna (Spring)....
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2012
Kazakhstan: Sought extremism bans threaten to eliminate political pluralism
Brussels, Almaty 22 November 2012. The initiative to have two prominent opposition groups and leading opposition media outlets banned on vague “extremism” allegations signals...
KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2012
Joint NGO statement: Stifling internet freedoms and dissent in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
As in other parts of the world, the number of internet users is quickly growing in the Central Asian countries. Between 2005 and 2011...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2012
Universal Periodic Review Submission on Uzbekistan
The Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Defenders of Uzbekistan, International Partnership for Human Rights and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee have prepared a joint...
KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsSeptember 2012
IPHR voices concerns about internet restrictions at OSCE Human Rights Conference
2012 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
Written statement to Working Session 1 (Fundamental Freedoms I),
Monday 24 September 2012:
Restrictions of internet freedoms
In a 2004...
KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2012
Central Asia: Statements for OSCE Human Rights Review Meeting
Brussels 18 September 2012. International Partnership for Human Rights, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee and their Central Asian partners have prepared a set of statements...