Yearly Archives: 2016
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2016
Azerbaijan: Independent media under unprecedented attack
On World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2016, Azerbaijan’s independent media is under greater attack than ever before. The undersigned members of the Sport...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanReports & Briefing PapersEventsApril 2016
Central Asian activists briefed EU officials on human rights
On 20 and 21 April 2016, representatives of Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR), Nota Bene (Tajikistan), and the...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2016
Azerbaijan: Singers urged to cancel F1 performances over human rights concerns
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has joined other members of the Sport for Rights campaign in urging singers Pharrell Williams, Enrique Iglesias and...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2016
Torture concerns for prisoner in Uzbekistan
Twenty-four year-old Davron Komoliddinov is currently serving a seven-year sentence in Prison Colony 64/61 in the city of Karshi in southern Uzbekistan after being...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesApril 2016
NGOs call on the European Parliament to postpone approval of EU-Turkmenistan treaty
Twenty-nine NGOs from 15 different countries call on the European Parliament to postpone approval of the new EU-Turkmenistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) until...
TajikistanEventsApril 2016
Tajikistan: Geneva advocacy carried out ahead of UN human rights review
Ahead of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UN UPR) of Tajikistan in May 2016, members of the NGO Coalition against Torture, as well...
RussiaUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2016
Russian citizen at risk of torture in Uzbekistan
Thirty-four-year-old Bakhtiyor Takhirzhanovich Khudayberdiev has been held in detention in the basement of the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB) building in Tashkent on charges...
Campaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMarch 2016
Check out inspiring video with civil society voices!
What is civil society and why does it matter? Check out this thought-provoking and inspiring video, where civil society voices from different countries share...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2016
Azerbaijan: Solidarity movement relieved about the release of member
Renewed international pressure needed to secure freedom for all political prisoners
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), are extremely relieved that our colleague...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2016
Kazakhstan: Report documents key rights trends ahead of elections
At the end of this week, early parliamentary elections will be held in Kazakhstan. These elections are taking place in an increasingly repressive climate...