Yearly Archives: 2021
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2021
Uzbekistan: Miraziz Bazarov’s house arrest must not be extended on 29 September, but instead...
Miraziz Bazarov, an outspoken critic of government policies and the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, has been under house arrest charged with “slander” since...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2021
The long road to registration: Human Rights House files lawsuit against Ministry of Justice’s...
On 23 September 2021, the leader of the human rights organization Human Rights House, Agzam Turgunov, together with other founders, filed a lawsuit against...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2021
Belarus: International human rights groups demand release of Viasna members on first anniversary of...
On the first anniversary of the unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna ("Viasna") in Belarus, 23 international and Belarusian human rights organizations...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2021
Pulling the plug: How Azerbaijan’s government combines technology and fear to control the internet
The first anniversary is approaching of last year’s war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. During the war, an unprecedented,...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2021
Tajikistan: Informing the UPR Working Group prior to the review of Tajikistan
Ahead of the review of Tajikistan by the Universal Periodic Review’s (UPR) Working Group at its 39th session in Geneva that is scheduled to take...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Call for end to campaign against critical voices during EU dialogue
The EU will hold its annual Human Rights Dialogue with Kyrgyzstan in Brussels on 6 September 2021. Ahead of this meeting, International Partnership for...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersAugust 2021
Russia’s silence factory: New report documents the Kremlin’s crackdown on free speech and democracy...
The Russian authorities deploy significant efforts to portray Russia as a functioning democracy, and to position its system of governance as a viable alternative...
RussiaStatements & Press ReleasesAugust 2021
IPHR regrets designation as “undesirable organization” in Russia
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) today learned that it has been declared to be an “undesirable organization” on the territory of the Russian...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesAugust 2021
Uzbekistan: Forced Anal Testing in Homosexuality Prosecutions
President Should Immediately Prohibit Torturous Exams
Authorities in Uzbekistan have subjected at least six men to forced anal examinations between 2017 and 2021 in order...
BelarusStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2021
Belarus: UN experts will examine the arbitrary detention of journalist Raman Pratasevich
Last week seven human rights organisations submitted a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the case of Belarusian journalist Raman...