We stand in solidarity with @open-society.bsky.social in the face of these politically motivated attempts to criminalise its peaceful, tireless and impactful work to promote human rights, democracy and justice in the US and beyond.

Kyrgyzstan: Human rights defender Rita Karasartova gets 5 years parole on spurious charges after a secret trial. We’re relieved she’s freed, but call for an end to all persecution against her! vesti.kg/obshchestvo/...

#Kyrgyzstan: IPHR deplores the conviction of four former Kloop contributors, two of whom were imprisoned. This marks a new peak in the authorities’ retaliatory campaign against Kloop and sends a chilling message to all engaged in independent journalism in Kyrgyzstan: iphronline.org/articles/kyr...

Shocking – #Turkmenistan activist gets 8 more years in prison. Instead of freeing him after an unjust 4-year term expired in June, authorities filed new spurious charges to keep him locked up. We believe he's punished for his activism and call for his release! en.turkmen.news/news/turkmen...

#Kazakhstan must uphold equality, dignity and freedom of expression and refrain from introducing so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda legislation: iphronline.org/articles/hum... w/ @ilgaeurope.bsky.social @fidh-official.bsky.social @omctorg.bsky.social @iglyo.bsky.social @tgeuorg.bsky.social

CSOs welcome the decision by Royal Palace of Caserta to cancel Valery Gergiev's participation at the Un’Estate da Re festival & call on the Italian Ministry of Culture/Italian regions to ensure that cultural events are not used to amplify pro-authoritarian voices. iphronline.org/articles/joi...

📸 Scopri la magia della fotografia! Workshop artistico di due giorni a CASA VITALI 🗓️ 25 e 26 luglio | 📍 Via Santa Croce 63, Sambuca di Sicilia 🔗 Iscrizione e dettagli: iphronline.org/articles/wor...

📢 New joint report by IPHR, NAKO & Hunterbrook: Western-made microchips are still found in Russian SU-34/35 jets—used in attacks on Ukrainian civilians. 10 cases examined ↔️ components ↔️ war crimes. iphronline.org/articles/par...

🗓 Join us next Tuesday, 8/07 at 15:00 CEST, for the online presentation of "Parts of the Problem: Tracing Western Tech in Russia’s Deadliest Jets", a new report by IPHR, The Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO), and Hunterbrook Media. Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Kyrgyzstan: Parliament's decision to dissolve the National Center for the Prevention of Torture is deeply alarming. Together with 6 other HR NGOs we call on President Japarov to return the law for revision and prevent a serious setback in the fight against torture: iphronline.org/articles/kyr...

"The European continent is arguably the world’s most important bastion of democracy. If it falters, the idea of a liberal, rules-based global order risks faltering with it." Check out the op-ed in @euobserver.com authored by IPHR's Director Brigitte Dufour euobserver.com/eu-political...

Together with @nhcno.bsky.social, Turkmen.News, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights & @ahrca.bsky.social we urge #Turkmenistan to drop new retaliatory charges against civic activist Murat Dushemov, promptly release him and stop harassing him & his family: iphronline.org/articles/tur...

On the #InternationalDayAgainstTorture, we call on Central Asian governments to take real action to end torture. Despite reforms, torture persists across the region, fuelled by impunity & repression. Victims & defenders deserve protection, not persecution! iphronline.org/articles/beh...

🔴 Tune in now: IPHR’s Nuvola Galliani is speaking at a hearing in the Italian Parliament on the topic of transnational repression. Repressione transnazionale di dissidenti - audizione informale - IPHR e FIDU webtv.camera.it/evento/28508

📢 If you're in Rome this Friday, join us for a press conference hosted by Sen. Filippo Sensi re: presentation of the new report: “Domestic Capacity to Address Transnational Repression: Italy” by the Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) & IPHR. The report will be available on 27/06. Details👇

Forced loyalty, fear, and censorship: #Turkmenistan’s relentless assault on civic freedoms - check out new update by IPHR & Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights for the #CIVICUSMonitor: iphronline.org/articles/for...

🗓️ Join us on June 25 at 10:00 a.m. ET / 16:00 CEST for a hybrid discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Strategic Litigation Project, in partnership with IPHR & the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School. Registration 🔗: www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/new-fi...

Senior UK MPs accuse Cadbury's owner Mondelēz of being 'too busy counting its profits' in Russia to respond to criticism over operating there. 70+ MPs & peers accused the firm of 'funding Russia's war machine'. Kudos for standing with Ukraine, @alexsobel.co.uk, Sir John Whittingdale! bit.ly/4mNKxls

📣#Kyrgyzstan: We're deeply alarmed by the renewed crackdown on the independent Kloop media platform. Authorities must end this campaign, release those still in detention & investigate due process violations - joint statement by 10 human rights NGOs: iphronline.org/articles/kyr...

🌾 Over 140 individuals & entities and 60+ vessels are part of Russia's systemic network looting agricultural land, crops & equipment in occupied Ukraine, according to a new report by the @state-capture.bsky.social ‪‪and @iphr.bsky.social. 📄 bit.ly/3Z2AleA

Check out our new report - Grain Thieves: The Network Behind the Plunder of Ukrainian Grain - produced in collaboration with @iphr.bsky.social www.state-capture.org/publications

Our new update for CIVICUS Monitor highlights #Kyrgyzstan’s media freedom decline, the impact of the ‘’foreign agent’’-style law, politically motivated cases against journalists & activists, and other alarming civic space trends: iphronline.org/articles/kyr...

🎙 We are proud to announce the launch of When Justice Comes — a new podcast hosted by Oksana Pokalchuk, human rights defender and Co-Executive Director of Truth Hounds, and Dmytro Afanasiev, Field Researcher at IPHR. 👉 Follow the podcast here (in Ukrainian): li.sten.to/ex8imoo2

📣We’re alarmed by the public attack on Kazakhstan’s NGO Coalition against Torture after its submission to the UN. Authorities must end the smear campaign & protect coalition members from retaliation! See joint statement by @iphr.bsky.social and @omctorg.bsky.social: iphronline.org/articles/kaz...

🍾🎻🎊We’re delighted to announce the inauguration of Casa VITALI in Sambuca di Sicilia — a unique space for art, human rights & peace. Named in the honour of our colleague Vitali Safarov, it celebrates his legacy of tolerance 💗 iphronline.org/articles/iph...

20 years after the Andijan massacre, it's time for #Uzbekistan's gov't to face up to the past and finally facilitate an independent investigation into the tragedy to ensure accountability & justice for victims. Joint statement w/ @ahrca.bsky.social @nhcno.bsky.social iphronline.org/articles/uzb...

We are delighted to announce that on 16 May, IPHR will open Casa Vitali— a rest and respite centre for human rights defenders, activists, and artists from Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia, in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily. More details will follow soon. www.ansa.it/sicilia/noti...

▶️ Watch now: IPHR experts joined a panel at Harvard Law School to discuss missile terror against civilians and pathways to accountability for Russian war crimes & crimes against humanity. @humanrightshls.bsky.social, @glanlaw.bsky.social, @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social youtu.be/uT6maa1ujYQ?...

🔴 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Jan Braathu issued a statement on the evidence of torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was killed while detained in Russia without formal charges.

Harvard IHRC & IPHR submit legal assessment on Russia’s aerial attacks in Ukraine. It concludes that Russia’s aerial attacks rise to the level of the crimes against humanity of murder, extermination, persecution, and other inhumane acts: iphronline.org/articles/iph...

A Region in Repression: Our new briefing highlights the growing assault on NGOs, independent media & dissent across #CentralAsia. Released ahead of #OSCE Meeting in Vienna, it calls for urgent action to protect civic space in the region. Read more 👉 iphronline.org/articles/the...

🗓️ On 29 April at 12:00 in Brussels, join The Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial”, and IPHR for an event & documentary screening with representatives of Ukrainian Roma. 📌 The Association Place, 63 Avenue d’Auderghem, 1040. 🔴 Livestream: forms.gle/ATFXf2rLD2Pv... adcmemorial.org/en/news/brea...

⚠️ We're reposting the English version of the video. If you missed the original post, here’s your chance to catch up! In Feb 2025, IPHR joined a panel at Harvard Law School: "Invisible Crimes: Challenges and Good Practices in Documenting and Prosecuting CRSV”. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c6q...

I'm hearing disturbing news about beatings, restricted family contact & other harassment of HRD Dauletmurat Tajimuratov in #Uzbekistan's KIN-11 colony. Deeply worrying – I’d already raised similar concerns and was assured by Gvt that his rights were respected. This must be urgently investigated.

Kyrgyzstan: We’re alarmed by the detention of human rights defender Rita Karasartova in a new criminal case on “calling for riots.” Authorities should release her and stop using spurious charges to suppress civic activism! kaktus.media/doc/521808_p...

Important points on turning words into action after the EU-Central Asia summit last week.

Central Asian leaders must turn words into action after the first ever summit with the EU! Joint statement by 8 groups: iphronline.org/articles/cen... w/ @crdefenders.bsky.social @nhcno.bsky.social @freedomnoworg.bsky.social @fidh-official.bsky.social @omctorg.bsky.social @peopleinneed.bsky.social

In Feb 2025, IPHR joined a panel at Harvard Law School: "Invisible Crimes: Challenges and Good Practices in Documenting and Prosecuting CRSV”. ▶️ Watch here: youtu.be/oPs5-gfAW8k

📢 As the first-ever EU-Central Asia Summit approaches, EU leaders must seize this moment to stand up for the region’s embattled civil society! With US support for civil society in decline, the EU’s leadership is more vital than ever. iphronline.org/articles/eu-... #StandWithCivilSociety

📢 @ppeacehumanity.bsky.social and IPHR filed a criminal complaint with Czech law enforcement authorities in a case concerning the deportation of Ukrainian children. #universaljurisdiction #warcrimes #Ukraine #Czechia

Kyrgyzstan has taken important steps to align its laws with international child protection standards, but serious gaps remain in access to justice, free legal aid, detention conditions & other areas. See more in new report based on civil society monitoring 👉 iphronline.org/articles/mon...

Today the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and @iphr.bsky.social call on authorities in #Kyrgyzstan to release independent journalist Kanyshay Mamyrkukova and drop unfounded charges against her. nhc.no/en/kyrgyzsta...

This week, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas is visiting Central Asia for a meeting with regional governments (postponed from early March), alongside bilateral talks. We urge her to use this opportunity to raise urgent civic space concerns! iphronline.org/articles/cen...

#Kyrgyzstan: It’s highly worrying that journalist Kanyshay Mamyrkulova has been arrested for allegedly inciting riots & discord on social media. Her case reflects a troubling pattern of using vague criminal code provisions to target government critics www.instagram.com/april.tv.ru/...

Alarming that a pro-government party is now drafting a “foreign agent” law in Kazakhstan - despite earlier government assurances that no such legislation is planned. Kazakhstan's international partners must speak out against this harmful initiative! vlast.kz/novosti/6434... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

How well does #Kyrgyzstan’s prosecution service meet international standards? A new report gives it just 3 out of 15 points, exposing major shortcomings. Read more: iphronline.org/articles/mon... #MonitoringCriminalJustice

BREAKING: An investigation by BankTrack and @b4ukraine.org has revealed that a subsidiary of Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International remains invested in a wide range of sanctioned Russian entities - including Gazprom, Sberbank, and Russia's Ministry of Finance. www.banktrack.org/article/raif...

A new report highlights serious concerns persisting in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons despite reforms: ❌ Overcrowded, unsanitary facilities ❌ Inhuman & degrading treatment in punishment cells ❌ Nearly 25% of detainees report abuse ❌ Vulnerable groups face heightened risks iphronline.org/articles/mon...

As Uzbekistan’s President Mirziyoyev visits France this week, @ahrca.bsky.social , @iphr.bsky.social & @nhcno.bsky.social urge President Macron to speak out on the alarming crackdown on free expression and the persecution of bloggers in Uzbekistan: iphronline.org/articles/joi...

How effective is #Kyrgyzstan’s criminal justice policy? A new civil society analysis, based on monitoring using a comprehensive methodology, examines key gaps & opportunities for improvement: iphronline.org/articles/mon... #criminaljusticemonitoring