Human rights defenders & civil society

Human rights defenders & civil society

The Tajikistani human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has spent eight years unjustly in prison. And yet, the authorities are now targeting him again. On...

Imprisoned Uzbekistani blogger Otabek Sattoriy has been denied a transfer to less harsh prison conditions after being found guilty of violating prison rules, stated...

Draft legislation currently under consideration in Kyrgyzstan risks resulting in censorship of the screenings of films and audiovisual products in violation of Kyrgyzstan’s international...

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the recent conviction of Kazakhstani opposition party leader Zhanbolat Mamai on charges initiated in apparent retaliation for...

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) have submitted a joint report for the UN Universal Periodic...

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) have submitted a joint report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)...

Nowruz celebrations for the Persian New Year this March gave no cause for rejoicing for Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov and his family, as he remains behind...

The authorities of Uzbekistan should overturn the sentence passed against blogger Otabek Sattoriy and release him from prison, Association for Human Rights in Central...

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...

This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from September 2022 to February 2023. It...