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...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Kazakhstan: civil society calls on the authorities to put a stop to the wave...
Following the mass arbitrary restrictions of rights and freedoms of the people by state representatives in Nur-Sultan and Almaty on 9 and 10 June...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Kazakh human rights lawyer harassed
Yesterday morning Aiman Umarova found the family dog killed in her garden. The killing of her dog is the latest of a series of...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue: Briefing paper documents civil society concerns
The tenth round of the EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue will take in Brussels on 27 May 2019. A briefing paper prepared for the dialogue...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2019
Kazakhstan: Cease undue pressure on young civic activist Beybarys Tolymbekov
The Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHR) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are seriously concerned about the...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2019
EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue: Push for implementation of new benchmarks
The annual EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat on 29 March 2019. The dialogue comes shortly after the European...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Media and free speech restrictions cast a cloud over presidential election
Opinion polls predicted a tight race for the presidential election in Kyrgyzstan held on 15th October 2017. However, Sooronbay Jeenbekov from the ruling Social...
Campaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2017
The Prague Appeal for Democratic Renewal
The Coalition for Democratic Renewal (CDR) is a global initiative of a group of intellectuals, activists, and politicians, concerned with the expansion of power...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersAugust 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Pressure on critical voices mounts ahead of presidential election
Ahead of the presidential election scheduled for 15th October, pressure on critical voices is mounting in Kyrgyzstan. Recent alarming developments include: excessive compensation awarded...