Monthly Archives: September 2022
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2022
Uzbekistan: Activist arrested on trumped up charges before major human rights conference
The Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the Norwegian...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2022
Fаcing the facts or avoiding the truth? Trial of police accused of torture –...
In August 2022, the first case involving law enforcement officers charged with using torture against individuals detained during and after the January 2022 events...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Joint NGO report for UN Human Rights Committee review
The United Nations Human Rights Committee will review Kyrgyzstan’s human rights record at its upcoming session in Geneva, which starts on 10 October 2022....
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Kazakhstan: Lack of accountability for ‘’Bloody January’’ events & persecution of critics undermine pledged...
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from June to August 2022. It has...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesSeptember 2022
Turkmen authorities should immediately release unjustly imprisoned reporter – joint statement on Nurgeldi Halykov
September 15th marks two years since independent reporter Nurgeldi Halykov was imprisoned after sharing with an exiled news outlet a photograph of a World...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Tajikistan: Escalating tensions & crackdown on human rights defenders & journalists
This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from July 2021 to July...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Widening campaign against free speech – strong & clear EU message needed
The EU will hold human rights focused talks with Kyrgyzstan’s government in Bishkek this week. As the meeting comes at a time when the...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2022
Uzbekistan: Joint NGO submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
The Open Line Volunteer Group and Human Rights House in Uzbekistan, and the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA), based in exile,...