KazakhstanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2023
President Macron urged to raise human rights issues during visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has sent an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of his visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2023
Kazakhstan: Abolish the ‘Foreign Funding’ Register
Nine organizations issue a joint statement on misguided government move
The Kazakhstan government’s deeply flawed and concerning decision to publish a “register of individuals and...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2023
Civic space under attack in Central Asia: NGOs document key trends as region sees...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and its partners draw attention to the widening attack on civic space and freedoms seen in Central Asia...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2023
Civil society demands Tajikistan free human rights lawyer on eighth anniversary of arrest
Johannesburg/Brussels - As the eighth anniversary of the unjust detention of Tajikistan human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov approaches, global civil society alliance CIVICUS and the International Partnership for...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2023
Tajikistan: Suppressing critical voices
This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from April to September 2023,...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2023
Tajikistan: Release independent human rights defender – civil society appeal on Independence Day
With Tajikistan marking its Independence Day on 9 September 2023, global civil society alliance CIVICUS and the Brussels-based International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Civil society network calls on Parliament to reject controversial draft legislation on Constitutional...
Members of the Kyrgyzstani Civil Society Network for Monitoring the Justice Sector “Akyikat Karegi”, which was established under an EU-funded project jointly carried out...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Stop pressuring leading independent news portal, withdraw lawsuit to shut it down
We, the undersigned human rights organisations, are alarmed at the move of Kyrgyzstani authorities to close down the Kloop Media Public Foundation, which manages...
TurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2023
Spotlight on Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan ahead of global UN human rights review
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and partners have carried out advocacy ahead of the upcoming reviews of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the framework...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2023
No real space for opposition activities in “new Kazakhstan”
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from March to June 2023. It has...