KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Critics of controversial border deal kept in detention
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the court decisions to extend the pre-trial detention of well-known civil society activists, human rights defenders and...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2022
Uzbekistan: Human rights defender Aziz Yusupov released but prevented from continuing his work
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Norwegian...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2022
Tajikistan: Human rights defenders and journalists sentenced to long prison terms on politically motivated...
“Human rights defenders are not the enemy”. Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, 9 December 2022
Helsinki Foundation for...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Corruption-busting journalist deported to Russia
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) was shocked to learn of today’s decision by a court in Kyrgyzstan to deport corruption-whistle blower Bolot Temirov...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2022
Turkmenistan: Human rights groups highlight key issues for EU dialogue
This week the EU will hold its annual human rights-focused dialogue with Turkmenistan’s government in Ashgabat. The meeting comes at a time when the...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Mass arrests of activists, restrictive draft laws and widening campaign against ‘’false’’ information
This is an update on the protection of the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from the end of April to...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kazakhstan: 15-year-old boy sentenced for allegedly murdering his mother after ill-treatment in detention and...
“There is no evidence either in the case file nor in the court hearing that points to the fact that A.A. is guilty” (A.A.’s...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Mass arrests of government critics in escalating crackdown on dissent
We, the undersigned organisations call on the authorities in Kyrgyzstan to immediately release and drop the charges against people arrested without credible reason in...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2022
Central Asia: EU top official urged to raise key human rights issues during visit...
This week, Charles Michel, President of the European Council – which is comprised of the heads of the EU Member States – will visit...
Other countriesStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2022
Legal Opinion: Compatibility of the proposed EU legislation on asset confiscation with the European...
On 25 May 2022, the European Commission tabled a proposal that could make a violation of EU restrictive measures an EU crime as defined...