Yearly Archives: 2018
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
UN Statement on Telegram and restriction to internet freedoms in Russia
In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council of 27 June 2018, 52 (XX) civil society organizations raise their concerns about the trend...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJune 2018
Turkmenistan: Release of journalist does not signal any improvement
While there has been some recent progress on human rights in neighbouring Uzbekistan, the situation in Turkmenistan remains essentially unchanged and fundamental freedoms continue...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
International Anti-Torture Day: NGOs call on Central Asian governments to end torture
On 26 June, International Day of Support for Victims of Torture, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
EU-Kyrgyzstan Human Rights Dialogue: Civil Society worried about serious shortcomings and suggesting positive ways...
Today the 9th round of the EU-Kyrgyzstan human rights dialogue is taking place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Legal Prosperity...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2018
Civil society call on PACE to appoint a Rapporteur to examine the issue of...
Representatives of 42 international and national non-governmental organizations issue the appeal to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to request the...
RussiaCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsJune 2018
FIFA: PLAY FAIR! Fight for the forgotten: Campaign in support of political prisoners
In cooperation with IPHR partner, MEMORIAL Human Rights Centre Russia, the Greens/EFA group of the European Parliament prepared a map of Russia to draw attention...
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...