Tag: Kazakhstan
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...
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...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2022
Kazakhstan downgraded by CIVICUS Monitor as civic freedoms deteriorate
Failure of authorities to independently and impartially investigate the Bloody January' 2022 protests, when 200 people were killed and thousands injured
Widespread allegations...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsMay 2022
Human rights NGO in Kazakhstan subjected to pressure over work on January 2022 events...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) is concerned that the Kazakhstani NGO Ar.Rukh.Khak has been subjected to pressure in relation to its efforts to...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2021
Kazakhstan: End Campaign against Human Rights NGOs – Joint Civil Society Appeal
We, the undersigned human rights organisations condemn the current, coordinated attack on leading, independent human rights NGOs in Kazakhstan. In a campaign carried out...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesJune 2020
Kazakhstan: Free civil rights defender Asya Tulesova
Environmental and civic rights defender Asya Tulesova is currently in pre-trial detention facing criminal charges for taking part in a peaceful protest in the...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2018
The danger of standing up for justice and rights in Central Asia – New...
A new report jointly published by seven NGOs documents the increasing risks facing those who stand up for justice and human rights in Central...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2018
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
This update covers developments on the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Kazakhstan from November 2017 to January 2018. International Partnership for Human...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersNovember 2017
Kazakhstan: Problematic draft laws and politically-motivated imprisonments
Civil society fears that draft legislation on communications, lawyers and religious practice currently under consideration in Kazakhstan may result in new restrictions on fundamental...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersSeptember 2017
Kazakhstan: UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations
UN human rights bodies recently announced two important, precedent-setting decisions with respect to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in Kazakhstan. At the same time,...