Monthly Archives: September 2021
UkraineCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsSeptember 2021
Joint letter to President Zelensky regarding the law harmonizing the Criminal Code of Ukraine...
The undersigned international non-governmental organizations have welcomed the Parliament’s adoption on 20 May 2021 of Law No. 1164-IX “On amendments to certain legislative acts...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2021
Uzbekistan: Miraziz Bazarov charged with slander in blatant violation of Uzbekistan’s international obligations to...
Miraziz Bazarov, an outspoken critic of government policies and the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, has been under house arrest since 29 April 2021....
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...