UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2016
Uzbekistan: Investigate death in custody, torture – Brothers opposed extortion, threatened to expose corruption
Uzbek authorities should ensure a thorough, impartial, and transparent investigation into the alleged torture of two brothers by the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB),...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2016
NGOs urge Tajikistan to follow through in practice on anti-torture measures
The NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland), and International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium)...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2022
IPHR is supporting women in prison in Tajikistan through an art therapy project
In 2021, IPHR provided financial support for an art therapy project in Tajikistan’s prisons launched by the Dushanbe-based NGO Human Rights Centre. The art...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJune 2021
New report finds evidence troops committed war crimes during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
There is strong evidence that Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces committed war crimes during last year’s 44-day war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh,...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2016
Supporting victims of torture in Central Asia on International Anti-Torture Day
Almaty, Bishkek, Brussels, Dushanbe, Paris, Vienna, Warsaw, 24 June 2016
Continuing reports of torture indicate that the authorities of the five Central Asian states need...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2023
Court rules to close down Kyrgyz service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Today’s court decision to close down the Kyrgyz service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Azattyk dealt a serious blow to media freedom...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsNovember 2021
Turkmenistan: Open letter on the case of doctor imprisoned for standing up for her...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has joined several Turkmenistani human rights groups in sending an open letter to Turkmenistani authorities on the case...
Other countriesStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2022
Legal Opinion: Compatibility of the proposed EU legislation on asset confiscation with the European...
On 25 May 2022, the European Commission tabled a proposal that could make a violation of EU restrictive measures an EU crime as defined...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2020
Tajikistan: Civil society groups calling for release of convicted journalist Daler Sharipov
On 16 April Shohmansur District Court in Dushanbe sentenced independent journalist Daler Sharipov to one year’s imprisonment for inciting religious hatred under Article 189, part...
UkraineStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2014
Statement on Ukraine for OSCE conference on freedom of expression
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on promotion of freedom of expression: rights, responsibilities and OSCE commitments, Vienna, 3-4 July 2014
Statement of International Partnership for Human...