RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Human rights defender Oyub Titiev released on parole after spending 17 months in prison
Human rights defender Oyub Titiev was released on parole today after serving 17 months of a four-year prison sentence on fabricated charges. Titiev and...
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersJune 2019
Russian Federation: The trial and conviction of human rights defender Oyub Titiev
A travesty of justice and a dire warning to human rights defenders to stop documenting the abysmal human rights situation in Russia’s Chechnya
On 18 March...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Civil society warns Council of Europe that the time is not right to lift...
At its June part-Session, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (further PACE) will vote on lifting the sanctions imposed on Russia after...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2019
Meet your defender: Kirill Koroteev on choosing career path, EHCR and human side of...
Kirill Koroteev specialises in taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and has an impressive win/loss record in cases. Previously he...
UkraineReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
New report: Fighting terrorism or terrorising activism? Persecution of civic activists in Crimea
At 06:00 a.m on 27 March 2019, Russian security forces (siloviki) began carrying out a coordinated large-scale operation across the Crimean Peninsula. Doors were...
Reports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
Working together for human rights: IPHR annual report 2019
Today is a very special day for IPHR. We are happy and excited to present our Annual Report 2019! This day was chosen on...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2019
Russia: Reject “Sovereign” Internet Bill
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), together with 9 human rights, media and Internet freedom organisations, calls on Russian President Vladmir Putin, not to...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsApril 2019
Meet your defender: Zohrab Ismayil on unwritten rules, power of the civil society and...
Meet Zohrab Ismayil, civil activist and human rights defender from Azerbaijan. Zohrab's path to civic activism began from journalism. As a journalist, he focused...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Azerbaijan: 51 political prisoners released during Novruz celebrations
On 16 March 2019, 51 political prisoners were released from prison following a pardon issued by the President of Azerbaijan in relation to the...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Human rights defender Oyub Titiev convicted following unfair and absurd judicial process
Today a court in Chechnya, Russia, sentenced human rights defender Oyub Titiev to four years in prison on trumped-up charges after an unfair trial....