Yearly Archives: 2012
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2012
Russia: Civil society action to counter discrimination and misuse of anti-extremism legislation
IPHR's Russian partner organisations the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial and the SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis are engaged in efforts to defend basic rights...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2012
Russia: NGOs condemn raid on human rights group
Members of the Civic Solidarity Platform condemn the December 19 raid by plain-clothed Russian police on the premises of the Human Rights House-Voronezh. Coming on the...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2012
Kazakhstan: prison sentence against civil society activist reinforces concerns about growing crackdown on free...
International Partnership for Human Rights, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee are concerned about the prison sentence handed down to Kazakhstani...
BelarusKazakhstanRussiaTurkmenistanUzbekistanOther countriesEventsDecember 2012
Speech at EU-NGO Forum: Shrinking space for civil society
The following speech was delivered by IPHR Director Brigitte Dufour at the 14th EU-NGO Forum on Human Rights, held in Brussels on 6-7 December...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2012
Missed opportunity: EU High Representative fails to deliver strong human rights message in Central...
Civic Solidarity Platform members regret that during her recent visit to Central Asia the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs did not publicly engage...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2012
Uzbekistan: Free political prisoners on Constitution Day Use anniversary to advance real reform
(Paris, December 6, 2012) – The Uzbek government should unconditionally release all of its political prisoners on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of...
ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistanOther countriesEventsNovember 2012
Message on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
Today is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) would like to use this opportunity to send a message...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2012
Further crackdown in Belarus: Office of Viasna confiscated and sealed
The Civil Solidarity Platform condemns the confiscation, on 26 November, of the office of its member in Belarus, the Human Rights Centre Viasna (Spring)....
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2012
Kazakhstan: Sought extremism bans threaten to eliminate political pluralism
Brussels, Almaty 22 November 2012. The initiative to have two prominent opposition groups and leading opposition media outlets banned on vague “extremism” allegations signals...
KazakhstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2012
Joint NGO statement: Stifling internet freedoms and dissent in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
As in other parts of the world, the number of internet users is quickly growing in the Central Asian countries. Between 2005 and 2011...