TurkmenistanCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersJune 2020
Turkmenistan: Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Turkmenistan from February to May 2020. International Partnership for Human...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19July 2020
The Alarming State of the Healthcare System in Tajikistan
“We have witnessed the Covid-19 pandemic stretch the capacity of healthcare systems all over the world. But in countries like Tajikistan it has revealed...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersJune 2020
Turkmenistan: Government censorship and intimidation in response to COVID-19 and other recent crises
A new briefing paper prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) documents how the Turkmenistani government...
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 ReleasesCovid-19December 2020
Reforming healthcare in Uzbekistan: What role for the international community?
“The recent COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the underlying weaknesses in the healthcare system in Uzbekistan – it is vital that urgent...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersNovember 2020
Central Asia: Tightening the screws on government critics during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Central Asian authorities have used the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to suppress criticism of government policies and tighten the screws on independent...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersJuly 2020
Human rights impact assessment of the state response to COVID-19 in Azerbaijan
A new report, prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Baku Human Rights Club (BHRC), examines the measures taken by Azerbaijan’s government in...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersAugust 2020
Human rights impact assessment of the COVID-19 response in Russia
What are the impacts on human rights of the restrictive measures imposed by the Government of Russia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? How...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaTajikistanTurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesCovid-19Reports & Briefing PapersOctober 2020
Central Asia: Civil society monitoring documents growing rights restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic
The global Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in growing restrictions on fundamental rights in Central Asia, as the authorities of the region have limited such...
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...