KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersAugust 2019
Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns
This update covers developments on the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from January to June 2019 and was prepared for...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Lawsuits, attacks and harassment used against journalists, activists and human rights defenders
This update covers events from 1st April 2019 to 30th June 2019 and was prepared by Legal Prosperity Foundation Kyrgyzstan and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR). During...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2019
Meet your defender: Interview with Anna Dobrovolskaya (RU)
This time IPHR team interviewed Anna Dobrovolskaya, an Executive Director of Human Rights Centre Memorial. Anna represents a young generation of HRD both in...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2019
On the 10th anniversary of Natalia Estemirova’s murder, human rights groups call for justice...
On the 10th anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, Chechnya’s most prominent human rights defender, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) joined eight international...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2019
Joint NGO letter to the EU’s Federica Mogherini ahead of Central Asia visit
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and five of its partners sent a joint letter to the EU’s High Representative Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini...
KyrgyzstanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJuly 2019
Situation of jailed human rights defender Azimjon Askarov: Open letter to Federica Mogherini
The annual EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting is scheduled to take place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 7 July 2019. Ahead of this meeting, International Partnership...
TurkmenistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJune 2019
Joint Letter: Turkmenistan Country Strategy Review by the EBRD
On 18 June 2019, International Partnership for Human Rights, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch sent a joint letter to the...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Human rights defender Oyub Titiev released on parole after spending 17 months in prison
Human rights defender Oyub Titiev was released on parole today after serving 17 months of a four-year prison sentence on fabricated charges. Titiev and...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersJune 2019
EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue: EU to raise key fundamental rights issues
On 24 June 2019, the fifteenth round of the EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Brussels. A briefing paper prepared for the dialogue...
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersJune 2019
Russian Federation: The trial and conviction of human rights defender Oyub Titiev
A travesty of justice and a dire warning to human rights defenders to stop documenting the abysmal human rights situation in Russia’s Chechnya
On 18 March...