UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesAugust 2021
Uzbekistan: Forced Anal Testing in Homosexuality Prosecutions
President Should Immediately Prohibit Torturous Exams
Authorities in Uzbekistan have subjected at least six men to forced anal examinations between 2017 and 2021 in order...
GeorgiaStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2021
Far-right and religious extremist groups attack activists and journalists in counter-protest against the March...
The “March of Dignity'' planned for 5 July 2021, as part of Pride week organised by the Tbilisi based LGBT+ organisation ‘Tbilisi Pride’ was...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersJune 2021
Kazakhstan: Muffled protests and persecution of opposition movements, NGOs and trade unions
This report covers developments on the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan during February and March 2021 and was prepared for...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2021
Young woman at risk of torture and abuse after abduction and return to Chechnya
On 10 June 2021, police officers in Dagestan accompanied by Chechen law enforcement officials raided a women’s shelter in Makhachkala in search of Khalimat...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Miraziz Bazarov charged with libel and at risk of attack from non-state actors
The Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are concerned that the blogger Miraziz Bazarov, an...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Uzbekistan: authorities must end reprisals against blogger Miraziz Bazarov for exercising his right to...
Miraziz Bazarov, a blogger from Uzbekistan, is an outspoken critic of government policies and the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. In March Bazarov complained...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMoldovaRussiaUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Human Rights Impact Hub environmental and climate justice program – call for applications
The Human Rights Impact Hub is calling for applications from lawyers and environmental rights defenders from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova who...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2021
IPHR condemns police violence against peaceful demonstrators on International Women’s Day
On 8 March 2021, feminist activists had planned to hold a peaceful demonstration to mark International Women’s Day around the main square in Baku....
Statements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsFebruary 2021
Call on EIB shareholders to take steps on Human Rights
At the occasion of the European Investment Bank (EIB) annual dialogue with civil society on the 2nd of February, IPHR joins 15 organisations in...
UzbekistanCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersDecember 2020
Human rights impact assessment of the Covid-19 response in Uzbekistan
A new briefing paper prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA) examines the human rights...