RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2020
Statement on the Expulsion of Vanessa Kogan from Russia
On 2 December 2020, Russian immigration authorities revoked the residence permit of our colleague, human right lawyer and director of Justice Initiative Project, Vanessa...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2015
Azerbaijan: UN Committee against Torture urged to intervene to stop torture and save...
On the eve of Azerbaijan’s hearing by the UN anti-torture body, the OMCT and IPHR provided a detailed briefing on torture and other forms...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Turkmenistan’s authorities must ensure the safety of abducted animal rights defender and release her
Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are alarmed at yesterday’s abduction of animal rights defender Galina Kucherenko...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2014
EU-Kazakhstan human rights talks: Key concerns
This week, on 12 November 2014, a new round of the annual EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue is scheduled to take place in Brussels. International...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Human rights changes in Uzbekistan: more piecemeal than systemic
This update covers developments affecting civic space in Uzbekistan from July to September 2017. It has been prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2018
Uzbekistan: Man’s 13-Year Detention Revealed
Reports of Ill-Treatment Show Need for Transparency, Monitoring
(Paris, July 6, 2018) – Uzbek authorities should immediately and unconditionally release an Afghan citizen whose 13-year...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2020
Uzbekistan: stop punishing homosexuality and respect the human rights of all
The NGOs jointly issuing this statement urge the Uzbekistani authorities to live up to their international human rights obligations by decriminalizing homosexuality. Article 120...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2015
Azerbaijan: Leading human rights defender convicted on politically motivated charges
Prominent Azerbaijani human rights defender Rasul Jafarov has been sentenced by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes to six and a half years in...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2016
UN Human Rights Committee to begin review of Turkmenistan
This week the UN Human Rights Committee will begin its second review of Turkmenistan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
Civil society call on PACE to appoint a Rapporteur to examine the issue of...
Representatives of 42 international and national non-governmental organizations issue the appeal to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to request the...