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....
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to release unjustly imprisoned human rights activist Azimjan Askarov
Bishkek, Brussels, Paris, 12 March 2019: Although the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) ruled in 2016 that 67-year-old human rights defender Azimjan Askarov...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesFebruary 2019
Miscarriage of justice: an update on the ongoing trial of Oyub Titiev
Oyub Titiev, the head of Memorial Human Rights Centre’s Chechnya office, has been in custody since 9 January 2018. He has reiterated his innocence on multiple occasions...
KyrgyzstanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2018
Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Azimjon Askarov in Kyrgyzstan: open letter to EU...
Ahead of the European Union-Kyrgyz Republic Cooperation Council, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Amnesty International, Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Human Rights Watch urge the EU...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2018
Uzbekistan: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defenders
End Surveillance, Ensure Former Prisoners’ Safety
The Uzbekistani authorities should stop harassing human rights activists, including those recently released from prison, and ensure their safety,...
AzerbaijanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2018
Key concerns and recommendations on the protection of fundamental rights in Azerbaijan
Since the previous EU-Azerbaijan human rights dialogue in October 2017, the political context and human rights situation have not improved in the country. The...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2018
Fighting for Justice: an update on the ongoing trial of Oyub Titiev
On 8 October 2018, Oyub Titiev was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel prize for making “a widely recognised contribution to the defence of human...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2018
Statement in Support of Azerbaijani Human Rights Lawyer Elchin Sadigov
Civil Rights Defenders and International Partnership for Human Rights are gravely concerned to hear of new disciplinary proceeding launched against the Azerbaijani human rights lawyer...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2018
Uzbekistan – human rights defender Agzam Turgunov fined and refused an exit visa
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) (based in exile in France), the unregistered organization Restoration of Justice (based in Uzbekistan) and International...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsAugust 2018
Extradition of Aslan Yandiev to the Russian Federation exposed him to a risk of...
On 17 July 2018, an ethnic Ingush, Aslan Yandiev was extradited from Slovakia to Russian Federation. Amnesty International, the Human Rights League and International...