TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Tajikistan: Release Gravely Ill Activist
Political Prisoner Says Guards Beat Him, Refused Him Medicine
The Tajik government should immediately and unconditionally release a seriously ill political activist who says he has...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Azerbaijan: 51 political prisoners released during Novruz celebrations
On 16 March 2019, 51 political prisoners were released from prison following a pardon issued by the President of Azerbaijan in relation to the...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Human rights defender Oyub Titiev convicted following unfair and absurd judicial process
Today a court in Chechnya, Russia, sentenced human rights defender Oyub Titiev to four years in prison on trumped-up charges after an unfair trial....
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to release unjustly imprisoned human rights activist Azimjan Askarov
Bishkek, Brussels, Paris, 12 March 2019: Although the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) ruled in 2016 that 67-year-old human rights defender Azimjan Askarov...
UkraineStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2019
Putting an end to ICC inertia on Ukraine
On March 6, Simon Papuashvili of the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Alexandre Prezanti of Global Diligence LLP filed their fourth communication...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesFebruary 2019
Miscarriage of justice: an update on the ongoing trial of Oyub Titiev
Oyub Titiev, the head of Memorial Human Rights Centre’s Chechnya office, has been in custody since 9 January 2018. He has reiterated his innocence on multiple occasions...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2018
Uzbekistan: Call for Murad Djuraev to be posthumously rehabilitated
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) and the Uzbekistan-based NGO Restoration of...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2018
Uzbekistan: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defenders
End Surveillance, Ensure Former Prisoners’ Safety
The Uzbekistani authorities should stop harassing human rights activists, including those recently released from prison, and ensure their safety,...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2018
A call for swift implementation of reforms in Uzbekistan as IPHR witnesses surveillance of...
On 17-21 October, IPHR visited Uzbekistan for the first time since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, at the invitation of the government. Over...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2018
Fighting for Justice: an update on the ongoing trial of Oyub Titiev
On 8 October 2018, Oyub Titiev was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel prize for making “a widely recognised contribution to the defence of human...