Monthly Archives: September 2017
AzerbaijanGeorgiaStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Repression beyond borders: Exiled Azerbaijanis in Georgia – New report released
Can Georgia be reliably considered as a safe haven for Azerbaijani human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists fleeing persecution at home? In...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Turkmenistan: Flashy Asiada marred by human rights violations
The first-ever major international sports event held in Turkmenistan, the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games or the so-called Asiada 2017, began with...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2017
Uzbekistan: Abolish all travel restrictions on former political prisoners!
Joint written statement for 2017 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Working Session 17: Fundamental freedoms II, including: Freedom of movement, 21 September 2017
In August...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Kazakhstan: UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations
UN human rights bodies recently announced two important, precedent-setting decisions with respect to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in Kazakhstan. At the same time,...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2017
OSCE HDIM Statement: Torture and ill-treatment in Central Asia
The Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA, Uzbekistan, established by political emigres in...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Human rights changes in Uzbekistan: more piecemeal than systemic
This update covers developments affecting civic space in Uzbekistan from July to September 2017. It has been prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2017
The danger of speaking out – recent trends in Central Asia
The following written statement has been prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium); Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of...
Statements & Press ReleasesEventsSeptember 2017
Human rights and justice advocates at serious risk in the OSCE region – An...
Over 40 members of the Civic Solidarity Platform, a network of human rights NGOs from Europe, the former Soviet Union and North America, have...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Tajikistan: UN rapporteur sounds alarm over worsening environment for civil society
This update covers developments affecting civic space in Tajikistan from June to August 2017. It has been prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights...