TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2016
Spotlight: Fundamental rights in Tajikistan
These are challenging times for human rights in Tajikistan. Freedom of expression, freedom of association, non-discrimination and other fundamental rights and freedoms have recently...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Joint NGO report for UN Human Rights Committee review
The United Nations Human Rights Committee will review Kyrgyzstan’s human rights record at its upcoming session in Geneva, which starts on 10 October 2022....
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersJuly 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Briefing paper documents Covid-19 restrictions on free speech, civil society and access to...
Developments seen in Kyrgyzstan during the Covid-19 pandemic have prompted renewed concerns about growing restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms in the country. A...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJune 2022
There is no excuse — criminalization of consensual sex between men in Uzbekistan is...
The Uzbekistani authorities should swiftly decriminalize consensual sex between men, according to the conclusions of a new report published today by the Association for...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2017
Report: Turkmenistan crashing dissent ahead of elections
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and its Central Asian partners have begun cooperating with the CIVICUS alliance on the CIVICUS Monitor initiative, which...
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....
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2019
Torture and ill-treatment in Central Asia
Torture and ill-treatment continue to be of widespread concern in all Central Asian countries. Methods of torture which were recorded in Central Asia in...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2017
Kazakhstan: Problematic draft laws and politically-motivated imprisonments
Civil society fears that draft legislation on communications, lawyers and religious practice currently under consideration in Kazakhstan may result in new restrictions on fundamental...
UkraineStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2022
The Labour of Truth: Russia’s Attack on a Maternity Hospital in Mariupol as a...
The labour of truth. Myths and Reality: Russia's Attack on a Maternity Hospital in Mariupol as a War Crime is the fourth analytical brief...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Some positive civic space developments, but more to be done to keep promises
Despite commitments by President Jeenbekov’s government to improve the human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, and achieve a more constructive relationship with civil society, human...