KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsApril 2013
Memorandum of Understanding adopted by Central Asian human rights NGOs
With support of international NGO partners, more than a dozen human rights NGOs from Central Asia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2013
Uzbekistan: The EU should press for end to persecution of independent civil society voices
With a new round of EU-Uzbekistan human rights talks approaching, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the International Human Rights Association (IHA) Fiery...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersEventsFebruary 2013
Discrimination against visual minorities, Roma, migrants and indigenous peoples: Russia’s record before the United...
Russia’s record of racial discrimination is up for review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. On Thursday 14 and Friday...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2013
Kazakhstani anti-corruption campaigner accused of hate speech, made to undergo psychiatric examinations
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) remains concerned about the case of journalist and human rights activist Alexander Kharlamov, an anti-corruption campaigner from the east Kazakhstan...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2013
Uzbekistan’s partners should push for implementation of UN recommendations
Brussels/The Hague/Tashkent 29 April 2013. A review of Uzbekistan by the UN Human Rights Council ended with the adoption of an outcome report containing a...
RussiaOther countriesStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2013
Russia: New tactics in NGO “foreign agents” trials trigger alarm
In the latest development in the implementation of the controversial so-called Foreign Agents Law in Russia, prosecutors are pursuing civil actions against NGOs. This...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2013
Turkmenistan: Elections highlight fundamental pluralism deficit
Brussels, Vienna 9 December 2013. The upcoming parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan highlight the fundamental lack of space for political pluralism and freedom of expression in...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2013
Appeal to the EU: challenge the Central Asian governments on pressing human rights concerns
19 November 2013. Ahead of EU-Central Asian government talks scheduled to take place in Brussels tomorrow, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) calls on the...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2013
Kyrgyzstan: Russia-style NGO law poses a threat to human rights and democratization
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform, are concerned about the recent legislative initiative to restrict NGO activity in Kyrgyzstan and appeal to members...
TurkmenistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsFebruary 2013
Turkmen pop singers released from prison
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) welcomes the release of Turkmen pop singers Maksat Kakabaev and Murad Ovezov, who were imprisoned in February 2011....