Monthly Archives: January 2018
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
Uzbekistan: blogger Haethan Gairatovich Nasreddinov held for over three months in detention
In October 2017, Haethan Gairatovich Nasreddinov was detained in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent and has since been held in the detention facility of the National...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2018
Turkmenistan: Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis
Since the start of 2018, Turkmenistan has continued to experience the worst economic crisis to hit the country since its independence in 1991. People have been...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
A high price for speaking out: Azerbaijani journalist sentenced to six years in prison...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) condemns the conviction of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was sentenced to six years in prison today, after...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
Russia: rights defender arbitrarily arrested in Chechnya
Free Oyub Titiev, Drop All Charges
Police in Chechnya have arbitrarily arrested Oyub Titiev, head of the local office of Memorial, Russia’s leading human rights...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2018
Tajikistan: NGO forced to close, journalist arrested and online communications restricted
This update covers developments affecting civic space in Tajikistan since October 2017. It has been prepared for the CIVICUS Monitor by International Partnership for...