Monthly Archives: June 2014
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
Local and international civil society organizations call on Central Asian states to end impunity...
Issued by the NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; Turkmenistan's Independent Lawyers Association; Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights; the International Human...
Statements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
The EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy: Time for...
The Brussels-based Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN), of which IPHR is a member, has published a statement on the occasion of the two year anniversary of...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
Appeal to Kazakhstan’s president to veto new restrictive legal codes
In a broadly supported civil society appeal, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev is urged to veto the new Criminal Code and related laws recently adopted by...
AzerbaijanEventsJune 2014
Azerbaijan’s Council of Europe Chairmanship: A Case for Human Rights
Join us for a fascinating discussion on the persecution and on-going harassment of human rights defenders, journalists and activists in Azerbaijan.
At this event, independent...
TajikistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJune 2014
Tajikistan: Open letter about measures taken in the fight against so-called crimes against morality
In the recent period, Tajikistani authorities have carried out a series of raids in the fight against so-called crimes against morality. These raids give...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersEventsJune 2014
Turkmenistan: UN body to take stock of the state of child rights
With the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child set to begin its review of Turkmenistan today, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR)...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2014
Human rights protection in Tajikistan to be discussed at EU meeting
The annual EU-Tajikistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Dushanbe on 17 June 2014. This meeting, which is held in the framework of...
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersJune 2014
Report: The application of the Foreign Agents Law by Russian courts
A new report entitled “The Judicial Dimension of the NGO crackdown – The Application of the Foreign Agents Act by Russian Courts” summarizes the findings of...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesEventsJune 2014
New report on Russia’s NGO crackdown launched in Brussels — Civic activists call on...
Russian human rights activists have called on the European Union to step up pressure on Moscow to reverse its policy of crackdown on independent...