UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
Uzbekistan: Briefing for visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is visiting Uzbekistan on 13-15 March 2023. Prior to his visit, Association for Human Rights in...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue: NGO priorities
A new human rights-focused dialogue between the EU and Kazakhstan’s government is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 9 March 2023. The dialogue...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Tajikistan: well-known human rights NGO liquidated by court order
In another blow to civil society in Tajikistan, the Independent Center for Human Rights Protection (ICHRP) has been liquidated by court order on spurious...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2023
Turkmenistan’s human rights record up for UN review – NGO report
This week the United Nations Human Rights Committee will review Turkmenistan’s human rights record at its session in Geneva. The expert body will examine...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2023
Turkmenistan: Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissent, despite welcome releases
This Monitor update covers developments relating to the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Turkmenistan from July to December 2022. International Partnership...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: ‘’Foreign agents’’ style draft law poses new serious threat to civil society groups
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) supports calls by local NGOs to members of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament to reject a repressive and stigmatising draft law...
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...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Withdraw draft law threatening NGOs
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and CIVICUS call on the authorities of Kyrgyzstan to withdraw the highly restrictive draft law on NGOs, which...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2022
New Research brief on Uzbekistan documents ongoing violations to civic freedoms
Originally published on the CIVICUS Monitor website.
CIVICUS has produced a new research brief on the state of civic freedoms in Uzbekistan. Despite much-publicised steps...
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...