Tag: free speech
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...
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...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2022
Turkmenistan: New president should end persecution & imprisonment of critical voices
Turkmenistan’s new president should deliver on his pledge to ‘’humanise’’ government policies and ensure that citizens are not imprisoned for voicing concerns and communicating...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersJune 2022
Kazakhstan: Ongoing concerns about lack of impartial investigation into ‘’Bloody January’’ events & criminal...
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from March to May 2022. It has...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2022
Kazakhstan: Drop trumped-up charges, release opposition leader
The Kazakhstani authorities should stop persecuting opposition leader Zhanbolat Mamai because of his peaceful political engagement, said International Partnership for Human Rights, Kazakhstan International...
KyrgyzstanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Corruption-busting journalist facing prison after new punitive charges
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) and Civil Rights Defenders (CRD) condemn...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2022
Kazakhstan: widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’
This is a special update on the events of January 2022 in Kazakhstan, prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2021
NGOs urge the EU to insist on more space for criticism in Central Asia,...
At the beginning of next week, the European Union (EU) will hold a high-level meeting with the Central Asian governments in Dushanbe, the capital...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesMay 2021
Turkmenistan: Threats Against Relatives of Dissidents Abroad – Stop Threatening Families; Respect Freedom of...
(Vienna, 13 May, 2021) -- Turkmenistani security officials have questioned and threatened a 14-year-old boy in retaliation for the outspoken views of his uncle,...