Yearly Archives: 2017
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...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2017
Uzbekistan: Human rights defender Azam Farmonov released today
International Partnership for Human Rights welcomes the release today of human rights defender Azam Farmonov from prison in Uzbekistan. Farmonov worked at the Gulistan...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2017
Mass detention of Azeri LGBTI people – the LGBTI community urgently needs your support
Alarming stories of physical violence, verbal abuse, forced medical examinations and detentions of LGBTI people have been emerging from Azerbaijan over the past two...
UkraineStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2017
Civic Solidarity Platform calls for the immediate release of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov
We, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP), condemn the politically motivated conviction of prominent Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov and call for his...
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...