Tag: media freedom
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2023
Kazakhstan: Widespread impunity for ‘Bloody January’ violations, pressure on media and targeting of activists
This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from September 2022 to February 2023. It...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersOctober 2018
Turkmenistan: the state restricts fundamental rights to cover up crisis
As the serious economic crisis continues in Turkmenistan, authorities have gone to great length to cover up its impact by rigidly controlling state media, preventing citizens from...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersApril 2018
Maintaining the status quo: Continued oppression and injustice in Turkmenistan
This update covers developments affecting freedom of expression, association and assembly in Turkmenistan from January to March 2018. It has been prepared by International...
RussiaReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2018
Under pressure: increased state restrictions on independent civil society in the Russian Federation
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) organized an advocacy visit for Oleg Orlov and Sergei Davidis from Memorial Human Right Centre to Brussels in...
UzbekistanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2018
Key human rights concerns in Uzbekistan: Briefing paper for EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue
On the occasion of the EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogues to be held in Tashkent on 15 and 16 March 2018 the Association for Human...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesFebruary 2018
Uzbekistan: investigate torture of journalist
12 human rights groups call for journalist’s, others’ immediate release
Uzbek authorities should ensure a thorough, impartial, and independent investigation into the alleged torture and...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
Uzbekistan: blogger Haethan Gairatovich Nasreddinov held for over three months in detention
In October 2017, Haethan Gairatovich Nasreddinov was detained in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent and has since been held in the detention facility of the National...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersJanuary 2018
Turkmenistan: Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis
Since the start of 2018, Turkmenistan has continued to experience the worst economic crisis to hit the country since its independence in 1991. People have been...
AzerbaijanStatements & Press ReleasesJanuary 2018
A high price for speaking out: Azerbaijani journalist sentenced to six years in prison...
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) condemns the conviction of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who was sentenced to six years in prison today, after...
KyrgyzstanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2017
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy?
On 24th November 2017, Sooronbay Jeenbekov was inaugurated as Kyrgyzstan’s new president. He follows Almazbek Atambayev who led the country for six years but could...