9 February 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), CAPC - Centre for Conflict Analysis and Prevention; et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement on 2 Chechen men arbitrarily detained in Nizhny Novgorod and transferred to Chechnya
Joint statement: Russian Federation: Ensure safety of two Chechen men arbitrarily detained and forcibly transferred to Chechnya [EUR 46/3665/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
29 January 2021 | BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), PIN – People in Need (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), PromoLEX (Author), Legal Policy Research Center; et al. (Author)
Kazakhstan
Joint statement by coalition of 50 international and national NGOs criticising judicial harassment against human rights organisations over alleged irregularities with regard to their financial reporting
Kazakhstan: End Campaign against Human Rights NGOs (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 January 2021 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), HRHF – Human Rights House Foundation (Author), IoC – Index on Censorship (Author), PromoLEX (Author), GCRT - The Georgian Centre for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims; et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint appeal by member organisations of Civic Society Platform for release of journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau and his partner
Belarus: Civic Solidarity Platform calls for the release of Andrei Aliaksandrau (Appeal or News Release, English)
3 December 2020 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), CRD - Civil Rights Defenders; et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement on the expulsion of human rights lawyer and director of the NGO Justice Initiative Project, Vanessa Kogan
Russian Federation: Joint statement on the expulsion of Vanessa Kogan from Russia [EUR 46/3427/2020] (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 October 2020 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), IoC – Index on Censorship (Author), ARU TV; et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint NGO statement on the Telegram channel Nexta being designated as extremist material by court
Belarus: Authorities designate Telegram channel NEXTA as “extremist” in further crackdown on independent media (Appeal or News Release, English)
6 October 2020 | Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Poland; et al. (Author)
Armenia, Azerbaijan
Nagorno Karabakh: Joint appeal by several NGOs to end violence and engage in negotiations
Statement of Civic Solidarity Platform on re-emergence of violence in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict context (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 September 2020 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan (Author), Memorial (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), PromoLEX (Author), Public Association “Human Rights Movement: Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan”; et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint NGO statement on continuing opposition protests and state crackdown on them
Belarus: Statement by the civic solidarity platform on the situation in Belarus (Appeal or News Release, English)
11 September 2020 | NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Turkey
Monitoring report on the right to freedom of religion and belief
Pursuing Rights and Equality: Monitoring Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey (Special or Analytical Report, English)
10 August 2020 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (Author), HHC – Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), HRHF – Human Rights House Foundation (Author), EIPR – Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Author), PromoLEX (Author), Human Constanta (Belarus); et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint NGO statement against disruption of Internet services in the context of presidential elections held 9 August 2020
Urgent appeal concerning Internet service disruptions in Belarus in the context of the presidential elections of 9 August 2020 (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 June 2020 | AHC – Albanian Helsinki Committee (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), PromoLEX (Author), AHC - Armenian Helsinki Committee; et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint NGO statement on the intensified state crackdown on political opposition and activists ahead of presidential election to be held on 9 August 2020
Belarus: Presidential Campaign 2020 — Violence, Threats, Detentions (Appeal or News Release, English)
