AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2018
Justice under threat in Azerbaijan as Bar Association bans yet more independent lawyers
On 23 April 2018 the Azerbaijan Bar Association announced its decision to temporarily suspend the licenses of two prominent Azerbaijani lawyers - Asabali Mustafayev...
AzerbaijanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2020
EU-Azerbaijan Human Rights Dialogue: need for red-lines and benchmarks
The annual EU-Azerbaijan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Brussels on 5 March 2020. On the eve of this event, International Partnership for...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2016
Uzbekistan: Long-imprisoned journalist moved into solitary confinement
Prison authorities in Uzbekistan have placed Muhammad Bekjanov, one of the world’s longest-imprisoned journalists, in solitary confinement, the Association for Human Rights in Central...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2013
Russia: Leading human rights organisation ordered to register as “foreign agent” in unprecedented civil...
Brussels, 12 December 2013. Today ADC Memorial, a leading Russian human rights organisation, was ordered by court to register as a “foreign agent” in an...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2014
Central Asia: New NGO briefing papers on protecting human rights defenders and counteracting torture
Two new briefing notes prepared by IPHR and partner groups highlight challenges facing human rights groups and defenders, as well as problems of torture...
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2013
Russia: Monitoring of court cases related to the “foreign agents” law
International Partnership for Human Rights is coordinating a Civil Solidarity Platform initiative to monitor trials against NGOs in cases initiated under the 2012 "foreign agents" law...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsFebruary 2015
Letter to European Olympic Committee: Don’t allow Baku to use European Games to whitewash...
Last week the Sport for Rights NGO coalition, of which International Partnership for Human Rights is a member, sent a letter to the president...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2015
Azerbaijan: Another unjust and shameful conviction of human rights lawyer
On 22 April 2015, Intigam Aliyev, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and head of the Legal Education Society (LES) was sentenced to seven...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Uzbekistan: Cease intimidation of relatives of former diplomat Kadyr Yusupov
Uzbekistan must cease all pressure, including intimidation and threats, against the family members of Kadyr Yusupov – a former Uzbek diplomat currently being tried...
KazakhstanTajikistanTurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2015
Central Asia: Report highlights worrying trends of stifling dissent
A new report highlights ongoing and increasing efforts by the authorities in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to stifle dissent and pluralism as part of...