Monthly Archives: March 2023
Statements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMarch 2023
Are you an HRD in relocation/exile? We want to hear from you!
Since October, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) has been undertaking research aimed at improving long-term support to human rights defenders (HRDs) living in...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Central Asia: Global report documents alarming civic space trends
The CIVICUS Monitor has released its annual, global report People Power Under Attack (PPUA), which examines threats and trends facing civil society across the world in...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Tajikistan sinks to worst rating in new global report on civic freedoms
Tajikistan downgraded from ‘repressed’ to ‘closed’
Authorities suppress protests in GBAO region, through excessive and lethal force
A widening crackdown on dissenting voices,...
TajikistanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
Tajikistan: Continuous crackdown on civil society
This report, which covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan for the period from August 2022 to March...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
Uzbekistan: Briefing for visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is visiting Uzbekistan on 13-15 March 2023. Prior to his visit, Association for Human Rights in...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Forced evictions in Uzbekistan: families at risk. Case of Olga Abdullayeva
Unlawful forced evictions have formed a widespread pattern of human rights violations in Uzbekistan for many years, depriving thousands of people of their property...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue: NGO priorities
A new human rights-focused dialogue between the EU and Kazakhstan’s government is scheduled to take place in Brussels on 9 March 2023. The dialogue...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2023
Tajikistan: well-known human rights NGO liquidated by court order
In another blow to civil society in Tajikistan, the Independent Center for Human Rights Protection (ICHRP) has been liquidated by court order on spurious...