KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Release wrongfully detained lawyer
IPHR is seriously concerned about the detention of well-known lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov in Kyrgyzstan following critical remarks he made about the judicial system in...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2022
Kazakhstan added to human rights watchlist following ‘Bloody January’ events
‘Bloody January’ protests met with repressions, over 200 killed and over 4,000 injured
Over 10,000 rounded up in connection with protests,
Widespread allegations...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2022
Kazakhstan: widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’
This is a special update on the events of January 2022 in Kazakhstan, prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2022
Turkmenistan: NGOs submit joint report for UN Human Rights Committee review
This week the United Nations Human Rights Committee convenes for its 134th session, during which it will begin examining Turkmenistan’s third periodic report about...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Ongoing concerns over restrictions on free speech, civic engagement
This is an update on developments related to the rights to freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from the beginning of...
Reports & Briefing PapersDecember 2021
Global CIVICUS Monitor report documents worsening civic space in Central Asia
The CIVICUS Monitor has released its annual, global report People Power Under Attack 2021, which examines civic space trends across the world in the past year....
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2021
Key human rights concerns in Kazakhstan: Briefing paper for EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue
The EU will hold its annual Human Rights Dialogue with Kazakhstan in Brussels on 2-3 December 2021. Ahead of this meeting, International Partnership for...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2021
Uzbekistan update: Opposition activists face pressure ahead of presidential elections, bloggers targeted
This special update prepared for the CIVICUS Monitor by the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Association for Human Rights in Central...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2021
NGOs urge the EU to insist on more space for criticism in Central Asia,...
At the beginning of next week, the European Union (EU) will hold a high-level meeting with the Central Asian governments in Dushanbe, the capital...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Uzbekistan: Harassment and intimidation of opposition activists
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are concerned that authorities of Uzbekistan harassed and intimidated...