Monthly Archives: May 2018
Campaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2018
Turkey: Charges against filmmakers Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu must be dropped
More than 48 cultural and human rights organizations, call upon the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Batman to drop charges immediately against filmmakers Çayan Demirel...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2018
Positive civic space developments in Kyrgyzstan: some activists hopeful, some still wary
This update covers events from 1st March to 30th April 2018 and was prepared by Legal Prosperity Foundation and International Partnership for Human Rights...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2018
Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online (updated)
This is the updated version of the statement, originally published on 30 April 2018.
We, the undersigned 53 international and Russian human rights, media...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2018
US: Focus on rights as Uzbek leader visits
Congress should press for further reforms
Uzbekistan’s president’s meeting with President Donald Trump on May 16, 2018, comes at a time when the Uzbek government...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2018
Justice under threat in Azerbaijan as Bar Association bans yet more independent lawyers
On 23 April 2018 the Azerbaijan Bar Association announced its decision to temporarily suspend the licenses of two prominent Azerbaijani lawyers - Asabali Mustafayev...