TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
NGOs urge Tajikistan to release independent journalist and human rights defender Khurshed Fozilov
Oslo, Brussels, Stockholm, Dublin, Warsaw,
24 March 2023
The government of Tajikistan should immediately release independent journalist and human rights defender Khurshed Fozilov and cease...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
Kazakhstan: Widespread impunity for ‘Bloody January’ violations, pressure on media and targeting of activists
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from September 2022 to February 2023. It...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Central Asia: Global report documents alarming civic space trends
The CIVICUS Monitor has released its annual, global report People Power Under Attack (PPUA), which examines threats and trends facing civil society across the world in...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Tajikistan sinks to worst rating in new global report on civic freedoms
Tajikistan downgraded from ‘repressed’ to ‘closed’
Authorities suppress protests in GBAO region, through excessive and lethal force
A widening crackdown on dissenting voices,...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
Tajikistan: Continuous crackdown on civil society
This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from August 2022 to March...
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...
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 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...