Statements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Safeguarding civil society participation in the Helsinki process – a matter of the OSCE’s...
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), believe that restricting civil society participation in the work of the OSCE would be a tremendous...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2014
OSCE meeting on prevention of torture: statements on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
On 10-11 April 2014, an OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Prevention of Torture was held in Vienna. With support of the Polish Helsinki...
TajikistanTurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2015
Stifling civil society in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: Current concerns
Joint statement by Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Nota Bene, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and International Partnership for...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2015
Kazakhstan: Human rights groups and former UN Special Rapporteur meet authorities in Astana and...
Manfred Nowak, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on torture from 2004 to 2010 and member of the advisory board of International Partnership for Human...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMoldovaRussiaUkraineStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2021
Human Rights Impact Hub environmental and climate justice program – call for applications
The Human Rights Impact Hub is calling for applications from lawyers and environmental rights defenders from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova who...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesAugust 2018
US/EU: Press Tajikistan to free journalist
Government should respect media freedom
Diplomats and representatives of international organizations should press Tajik authorities to unconditionally set aside the conviction against a respected journalist...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2015
Uzbekistan: Former political prisoner not granted identity document
Uzbekistan should urgently issue a new identity document to former political prisoner Murad Djuraev, who was recently released from prison after 21 years in...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2017
Turkmenistan: Attack on activist’s mother highlights unrelenting pressure on critical voices
The campaign of the Turkmenistani government against civil society activists, journalists and others who criticize the current state of affairs in the country shows...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Torture victim Alexander Trofimov still facing criminal charges while his torturers remain at large
Six months after Alexander Trofimov, a 29-year-old father of two, was arrested for theft, the credible allegations that police tortured him in detention have...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2021
Tajikistan: Informing the UPR Working Group prior to the review of Tajikistan
Ahead of the review of Tajikistan by the Universal Periodic Review’s (UPR) Working Group at its 39th session in Geneva that is scheduled to take...