KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Ongoing concerns over restrictions on free speech, civic engagement
This is an update on developments related to the rights to freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from the beginning of...
RussiaUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2016
Russian citizen at risk of torture in Uzbekistan
Thirty-four-year-old Bakhtiyor Takhirzhanovich Khudayberdiev has been held in detention in the basement of the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB) building in Tashkent on charges...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersAugust 2018
Sliding downhill: Concerns remain regarding the civic space situation despite releases
In Tajikistan, the recent releases from detention of an independent journalist and a lawyer have provided rays of hope in an otherwise bleak situation....
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsMay 2014
NGO report for UN review highlights Tajikistan’s failure to protect vulnerable groups
At its session in Geneva on 26-30 May 2014, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will begin its second review of Tajikistan since...
RussiaEventsJanuary 2014
Brussels: 30 human rights NGOs protested against repressive Russian laws
More than 200 protesters, supported by thirty Brussels-based organizations, held a demonstration to coincide with the arrival of Vladimir Putin in Brussels on Tuesday,...
UkraineEventsDecember 2015
European Parliament hearing on the human rights situation in Ukraine
At a hearing on human rights in Ukraine that the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held on 1 December 2015, human rights developments...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2015
New campaign: Faces of Faith in Russia
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis is launching a new campaign called “Faces of Faith”, which...
TurkmenistanEventsSeptember 2014
Brussels: EU officials briefed on human rights in Turkmenistan
On 3 September 2014, the European External Action Service (EEAS) organized a briefing with NGO representatives in Brussels ahead of the upcoming EU-Turkmenistan Human...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2015
Tajikistan: Submissions to the UN Universal Periodic Review
Next spring Tajikistan’s human rights record will be assessed for the second time in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the...
TajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsApril 2019
Remove barriers and create an inclusive society in Tajikistan! (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKUa2TDzykM
In Tajikistan, most hospitals, schools and government buildings including those where people apply for social security assistance are inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Very...