Yearly Archives: 2015
AzerbaijanEventsDecember 2015
Brussels Event: Justice Behind Bars in Azerbaijan
When: Tuesday 19 January 2016, 16.00-17.30 (A welcome coffee will be served)
Where: Open Society European Policy Institute, Rue du Trône 130, 1050 Brussels
International Partnership...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2015
New campaign: Faces of Faith in Russia
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis is launching a new campaign called “Faces of Faith”, which...
UzbekistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2015
Uzbekistan: Defender of farmers’ rights Azam Formonov spends 10th birthday behind bars
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has joined several other human rights NGOs in making the following statement about imprisoned Uzbekistani human rights defender...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2015
Azerbaijan: Human rights defenders and journalists behind bars
Last week, an appeal court changed the prison sentences against Azerbaijani human rights and peace advocates Leyla and Arif Yunus into suspended sentences and...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2015
Azerbaijan: Suspension of sentences of Leyla and Arif Yunus is a welcome step, but...
We -- members of the Civic Solidarity Platform and the Sports For Rights Campaign -- were relieved to learn that one of Azerbaijan’s most...
KazakhstanTajikistanTurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2015
Central Asia: Report highlights worrying trends of stifling dissent
A new report highlights ongoing and increasing efforts by the authorities in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to stifle dissent and pluralism as part of...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2015
Uzbekistan: Former political prisoner not granted identity document
Uzbekistan should urgently issue a new identity document to former political prisoner Murad Djuraev, who was recently released from prison after 21 years in...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2015
Anniversary of journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s arrest highlights Azerbaijani regime’s unprecedented repression in 2015
On the eve of the anniversary of the arrest of journalist Khadija Ismayilova, members of the Sport for Rights coalition and the Civic Solidarity...
UkraineEventsDecember 2015
European Parliament hearing on the human rights situation in Ukraine
At a hearing on human rights in Ukraine that the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held on 1 December 2015, human rights developments...