Yearly Archives: 2012
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsJune 2012
EU-Central Asia: Placing Human Rights at the Heart of EU Action
This month it is five years since the EU adopted its Strategy for a New Partnership with Central Asia. The Strategy identifies human rights...
KazakhstanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsApril 2012
Open letter to Kazakhstani authorities about the attack on journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov
28 April 2012
To:
President Nursultan Nazarbaev
Minister of Foreign Affairs Erzhan Kazykhanov
Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmuhanbed Kasimov
General Prosecutor Askhat Daulbaev
Speaker of the Senate Kairat Mami
Speaker of...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2012
Appeal to the international community: Tell Kazakhstani authorities not to repress peaceful protests, respect...
Almaty, Brussels, The Hague 27 April 2012. With a new round of so-called Disagreement Day rallies scheduled to take place in cities across Kazakhstan...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2012
Statement on on the right to a fair trial for oil industry workers from...
The Civic Solidarity Platform has established an international observation mission to monitor compliance with the international standards of fair trial in the judicial process...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2012
Kazakhstan: Ensure accountability for attack, protect journalists
Brussels, Oslo, The Hague, Warsaw 24 April 2012. International Partnership for Human Rights, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, the Netherlands Helsinki Committee and the Polish...
Other countriesStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2012
Joint statement: Strengthening the protection of human rights in Europe
A conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights, which will take place in Brighton on 18-20 April 2012, will consider...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2012
New case of harassment of independent Uzbek journalist
Brussels, The Hague 10 April 2012. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) deplore the conviction of Uzbek journalist...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2012
Turkmenistan: Damning UN report shows need for urgent action EU, US should renew push...
New York, 30 March 2012. The Turkmen government should urgently heed the calls by the UN Human Rights Committee to improve its abysmal rights...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2012
Appeal to the EU: Push for follow-through on Kazakhstan’s human rights promises
Oslo, Brussels, The Hague 20 March 2012. With negotiations on a new EU-Kazakhstan cooperation agreement about to enter a new phase, the Norwegian Helsinki...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsMarch 2012
UN review to spotlight Turkmenistan’s dire human rights record
Vienna, Brussels, New York 14 March 2012. The upcoming review of Turkmenistan by a key United Nations human rights body is expected to spotlight...