TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2023
Tajikistan: New criminal case opened against imprisoned human rights lawyer
The Tajikistani human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has spent eight years unjustly in prison. And yet, the authorities are now targeting him again. On...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Uzbekistan: Blogger Otabek Sattoriy denied transfer to less harsh prison conditions for allegedly violating...
Imprisoned Uzbekistani blogger Otabek Sattoriy has been denied a transfer to less harsh prison conditions after being found guilty of violating prison rules, stated...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Draft legislation threatens to result in censorship of film screenings
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...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Kazakhstan: Opposition party leader banned from campaigning in violation of international standards
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the recent conviction of Kazakhstani opposition party leader Zhanbolat Mamai on charges initiated in apparent retaliation for...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersApril 2023
Key concerns for UN Universal Periodic Review of Uzbekistan
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...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersApril 2023
Joint NGO report for UN Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) have submitted a joint report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Tajikistan: Human rights defender Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov must be immediately released
Nowruz celebrations for the Persian New Year this March gave no cause for rejoicing for Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov and his family, as he remains behind...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Uzbekistan: overturn the unfounded criminal sentence against blogger Otabek Sattoriy and release him
The authorities of Uzbekistan should overturn the sentence passed against blogger Otabek Sattoriy and release him from prison, Association for Human Rights in Central...
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...