17 September 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), Freedom House (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), PIN – People in Need (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), Viasna Human Rights Centre; et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint appeal by national and international NGOs to release all 7 detained members of "Viasna" human rights centre and drop all charges against them
Belarus: International human rights groups demand release of Viasna members on first anniversary of crackdown (Appeal or News Release, English)
29 July 2021 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Global Diligence, et al. (Author)
Belarus
Joint NGO statement to the UN on the arbitrary detention of journalist Raman Pratasevitch
Belarus: UN experts will examine the arbitrary detention of journalist Raman Pratasevich (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 June 2021 | BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (Author), HRIDC – Human Rights Centre (Author), Memorial (Author), Moscow Helsinki Group (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), PromoLEX (Author), Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights (Russia); et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Chechnya: Joint appeal by several NGOs to Russian authorities to investigate abduction of Chechen woman from a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Dagestan where she had sought refuge
Young woman at risk of torture after abduction and return to Chechnya (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 June 2021 | BHC – Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (Author), Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia (Author), NHC – Norwegian Helsinki Committee (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Citizens' Watch (Russia); et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO appeal to end designation of foreign organisations as "undesirable organisations" and of Russian NGOs as "foreign agents"
Designations of “undesirable organisations” by Russia must end (Appeal or News Release, English)
20 May 2021 | IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights
Tajikistan
Report on developments relating to the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly from August 2020 to March 2021
Tajikistan: Crackdown on independent media outlets, lawyers and political activists continues (Special or Analytical Report, English)
13 May 2021 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), TIHR - Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (Author)
Turkmenistan
Rising number of incidents in which government critics based outside the country have been pressured by Turkmen authorities through retaliation against their relatives in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Threats Against Relatives of Dissidents Abroad; Stop Threatening Families; Respect Freedom of Expression [EUR 61/4115/2021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
4 May 2021 | IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) (Author)
Turkmenistan
Update on developments relating to the freedoms of expression, association and assembly from December 2020 to March 2021
Turkmenistan: new internet restrictions, new cases of persecution of outspoken activists (Special or Analytical Report, English)
4 May 2021 | IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights
Turkmenistan
Update on developments relating to the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly from December 2020 to March 2021
Turkmenistan: new internet restrictions, new cases of persecution of outspoken activists (Special or Analytical Report, English)
3 May 2021 | IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights
Tajikistan
Brief overview of the situation of journalists
Tajikistan: Journalists silenced, media under pressure (Appeal or News Release, English)
May 2021 | IPHR – International Partnership for Human Rights (Author), Global Diligence (Author), Truth Hounds (Author)
Armenia, Azerbaijan
Report on human rights violations during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
When Embers Burst into Flames: International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law Violations During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War (Special or Analytical Report, English)
