KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2019
Joint Letter: NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to ensure Azimjon Askarov’s right to a fair trial
In a joint letter, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) together with 6 other international human rights and press freedom organisations, call on Gulbara...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2019
Russia: “Foreign Agents” Bill Threatens Journalists
Amendment Would Extend Restrictions to Individuals, Including Bloggers
A bill before the Russian parliament that would expand the status of “foreign agents” to private persons,...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Kazakhstan added to global civic space watchlist
Kazakhstan has been added to a global watchlist of countries that have recently seen a serious and rapid decline in fundamental freedoms. This watchlist...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Uzbekistan: Cease intimidation of relatives of former diplomat Kadyr Yusupov
Uzbekistan must cease all pressure, including intimidation and threats, against the family members of Kadyr Yusupov – a former Uzbek diplomat currently being tried...
Other countriesStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2019
Civil society coalition denounces attack on the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
On 30 September 2019, the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO), which is part of Bulgaria’s ruling government coalition, asked the Prosecutor General to initiate proceedings...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2019
Central Asia: Protests crushed, NGOs under pressure and activists intimidated
The space for civil society remains narrow in Central Asia as the authorities of the region restrict freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2019
Lawyers under pressure in Tajikistan: Civil society concerned about recent cases of harassment and...
We, the undersigned members of the NGO coalition Civic Solidarity Platform, express our concerns at recent reports of law enforcement officials using arbitrary detention...
Other countriesStatements & Press ReleasesAugust 2019
Yemen: Over 75 organisations call for mandate of Group of Eminent Experts to be...
We, the undersigned more than 75 international, regional and Yemeni CSOs, call for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to extend and broaden...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2019
On the 10th anniversary of Natalia Estemirova’s murder, human rights groups call for justice...
On the 10th anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova, Chechnya’s most prominent human rights defender, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) joined eight international...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2019
Torture in Central Asia: time to break the vicious circle!
One night in July 2018 police officers drove up to Shahboz Ahmadov’s house in the southern Yavan district of Tajikistan and instructed the young...