Monthly Archives: December 2017
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy?
On 24th November 2017, Sooronbay Jeenbekov was inaugurated as Kyrgyzstan’s new president. He follows Almazbek Atambayev who led the country for six years but could...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2017
Uzbekistan: some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals
This update covers developments on civic freedoms in Uzbekistan from September to December 2017. It has been prepared for the CIVICUS Monitor by International...
UkraineReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2017
New report: attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Eastern Ukraine
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Truth Hounds present their latest report – Attacks on Civilians and Civilian Infrastructure in Eastern Ukraine. The...
Statements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Safeguarding civil society participation in the Helsinki process – a matter of the OSCE’s...
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), believe that restricting civil society participation in the work of the OSCE would be a tremendous...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2017
Civil society representatives appeal to French President Emmanuel Macron
Azerbaijan: Civil society appeal to French President Emmanuel Macron on energy investments.
Dear President Macron:
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned about the...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Turkmenistan’s authorities must ensure the safety of abducted animal rights defender and release her
Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are alarmed at yesterday’s abduction of animal rights defender Galina Kucherenko...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Former political prisoner dies in Uzbekistan before being able to access health treatment abroad
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) expresses its sincere condolences to Murad Djuraev’s family after learning the sad news that he passed away in...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Tajikistan should mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by ratifying the Disability...
During the Universal Periodic Review of Tajikistan’s human rights record by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 6 May 2016, over 20...