Monthly Archives: October 2017
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Media and free speech restrictions cast a cloud over presidential election
Opinion polls predicted a tight race for the presidential election in Kyrgyzstan held on 15th October 2017. However, Sooronbay Jeenbekov from the ruling Social...
Campaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsOctober 2017
The Prague Appeal for Democratic Renewal
The Coalition for Democratic Renewal (CDR) is a global initiative of a group of intellectuals, activists, and politicians, concerned with the expansion of power...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2017
Tajikistani authorities keep track of LGBT people
Last week the journal Konuniyat (Legality), issued by the Prosecutor General’s Office, published an article by Interior Minister Ramozon Rahimzoda stating that the names...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Tajikistan: Concerns over lack of transparency on draft NGO law and restrictions on social...
This update covers developments affecting civic space in Tajikistan from August to October 2017. It has been prepared for the Civicus Monitor by International...
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Unprecedented deterioration in human rights protection in Russia: joint submission to UPR
Human Rights Watch and International Partnership for Human Rights have prepared a submission for the third cycle review of Russia in the framework of...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Message to UN review: Systemic reform needed in Uzbekistan to protect fundamental rights
In May 2018 Uzbekistan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations will be assessed during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a state peer review...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
EU: Seek concrete commitments for improvements at human rights dialogue with Azerbaijan
The EU will hold its annual human rights dialogue with Azerbaijan’s government in Brussels on 17 October 2017. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)...
AzerbaijanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Report for UN review highlights Azerbaijan’s civil society crackdown
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has submitted a report for the UN’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Azerbaijan, which will take place in...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2017
Joint NGO report submitted for the UN’s Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan
Next spring Turkmenistan’s human rights record will be scrutinized in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a state peer review mechanism carried...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2017
End of a long and painful wait: former prisoner finally granted permission to travel...
“Despite all the years I spent behind bars, when I suffered betrayal, separation from my family, hunger, torture, and when I lost the will...