RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2021
Young woman at risk of torture and abuse after abduction and return to Chechnya
On 10 June 2021, police officers in Dagestan accompanied by Chechen law enforcement officials raided a women’s shelter in Makhachkala in search of Khalimat...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJune 2021
New report finds evidence troops committed war crimes during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
There is strong evidence that Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces committed war crimes during last year’s 44-day war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh,...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2021
Together for Human Rights in 2020: IPHR Annual Report
2020 has been intense, a year of adaptation, innovation and mutual support. Together we explored new methods of interaction, of living together while protecting...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2021
Supplementary information for the ICC in light of detention of Roman Protasevich
On 19 May 2021, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), in collaboration with Global Diligence LLP, Truth Hounds and Norwegian Helsinki Committee submitted a...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2021
Turkmenistan: Threats Against Relatives of Dissidents Abroad – Stop Threatening Families; Respect Freedom of...
(Vienna, 13 May, 2021) -- Turkmenistani security officials have questioned and threatened a 14-year-old boy in retaliation for the outspoken views of his uncle,...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMoldovaRussiaUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Human Rights Impact Hub environmental and climate justice program – call for applications
The Human Rights Impact Hub is calling for applications from lawyers and environmental rights defenders from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova who...
RussiaOther countriesStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Statement on France’s deportation of Chechen asylum seeker Magamed Gadaev to Russia despite risk...
Chechen police abducted Magomed Gadaev, an asylum seeker from Chechnya, in the Russian Federation, and a key witness in a high-profile torture investigation against...
RussiaUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2021
Call for the immediate release of Russian-Ukrainian journalist in Crimea
On 10 March 2021, Russian-Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Russian-occupied Crimea. The day before, Yesypenko had...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2021
Belarus: End reprisals against human rights defenders
The Belarusian authorities are conducting a targeted campaign of intimidation against civil society in an effort to silence all critics of the government. Following...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2021
Violations of the rights of creative professionals, activists and artists during the post-election crackdown...
This joint report by Belarusian PEN Centre, Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Truth Hounds, presents information obtained from...