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...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2011
Belarus: Appeal to the OSCE Participating States
Appeal to the OSCE Participating States on the need to take urgent measures in connection with the crisis with human rights and fundamental freedoms...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2020
NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to release Azimjon Askarov amid COVID-19 crisis
On 22 March, the Government of Kyrgyzstan declared state of emergency measures and introduced restrictions on public life after several people in the country were...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2010
Appeal to the new authorities of Kyrgyzstan: Work with the international community and local...
Brussels, 6 May 2010. The International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) calls on the new authorities of Kyrgyzstan to demonstrate their commitment to human...
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...
Statements & Press ReleasesCovid-19May 2020
Human Rights Survival Guide: IPHR launches its own podcast series
The concept of human rights, that was once central to international relations and domestic policy making across the world, is facing a profound test...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2013
Appeal to the EU: challenge the Central Asian governments on pressing human rights concerns
19 November 2013. Ahead of EU-Central Asian government talks scheduled to take place in Brussels tomorrow, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) calls on the...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsFebruary 2017
Tracking civic space in Central Asia
We are happy to announce that we have begun cooperating with the global civil society alliance CIVICUS on an initiative called the CIVICUS Monitor,...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
International Anti-Torture Day: NGOs call on Central Asian governments to end torture
On 26 June, International Day of Support for Victims of Torture, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2017
Belarus: Civic solidarity movement condemns mass detentions and police violence against peaceful demonstrators
We, the undersigned members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), a coalition of human rights NGOs from Europe, the former Soviet Union region and...