Monthly Archives: May 2017
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Briefing paper highlights worsening free speech and civil society climate
A new briefing paper prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Legal Prosperity Foundation (LPF) draws attention to the worsening climate...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2017
Azerbaijan: Time for Justice for Ilgar Mammadov
The Council of Europe’s Legitimacy at Stake over Azerbaijan’s Persistent Non-compliance with European Court Judgment
Today three years have passed since the European Court of...
UzbekistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2017
Sad loss of brave human rights defender in Uzbekistan
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) learnt with great sadness that Uzbekistani human rights lawyer Polina Braunerg died in hospital today after suffering a...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2017
UN human rights body echoes civil society concerns on Turkmenistan
Following its March 2017 review of Turkmenistan, the United Nations Human Rights Committee - a key international human rights body – adopted conclusions and...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2017
Kazakhstan: Attack on journalists’ rights advocate must be properly investigated
Journalists’ rights advocate Ramazan Yesergepov was viciously attacked in Kazakhstan on 14 May 2017 as he was on his way to the capital, Astana...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2017
Uzbekistan: UN official calls for rights reforms – Envoy presses for justice for Andijan...
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights called on President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on May 10 and 11, 2017, to turn his...
UzbekistanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2017
First-ever visit by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Uzbekistan
On 10 May 2017, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will arrive in Uzbekistan for a two-day visit. This...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2017
The clampdown on peaceful protests in Belarus: Preliminary mission findings released
Today International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium released preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the heavy-handed government response to peaceful protests across...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2017
Uzbekistan: Harassment, detentions and mass surveillance restrict citizens’ rights
The information for this update published by the CIVICUS Monitor, an initiative aimed at tracking civic space worldwide has been provided by International Partnership for...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2017
Shrinking space for civil society in pre-election Kyrgyzstan
With growing tensions between pro-presidential and opposition forces ahead of the autumn 2017 presidential elections, the space for free speech and civil society engagement...