Tag: crackdown on dissent
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesJuly 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Ensure fair and transparent trial in the Kempir-Abad case
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, urge Kyrgyzstani authorities to ensure strict compliance with due process and fair trial guarantees set out by national...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2023
Tajikistan: Independent journalist handed seven-year sentence in widening crackdown
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) regrets the conviction of journalist Khurshed Fozilov in Tajikistan on charges initiated in apparent retaliation for his journalistic...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersMay 2023
Kyrgyzstan: Tightening the screws on free speech and civic engagement
This is an update on the protection of the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from November 2022 to April 2023....
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Corruption-busting journalist deported to Russia
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) was shocked to learn of today’s decision by a court in Kyrgyzstan to deport corruption-whistle blower Bolot Temirov...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Mass arrests of activists, restrictive draft laws and widening campaign against ‘’false’’ information
This is an update on the protection of the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from the end of April to...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Mass arrests of government critics in escalating crackdown on dissent
We, the undersigned organisations call on the authorities in Kyrgyzstan to immediately release and drop the charges against people arrested without credible reason in...