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  • Published on Jul 3, 2020

    A Torture Scandal Could End Uzbekistan’s Bid To Host The 2027 Asian Games

    Praised by U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in June for "significant progress", Uzbekistan bid on July 1st to host the 2027 Asian Games. Within hours, the country's bid had attracted controversy, as news of a young man's torture and …

    Source: Forbes - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 1, 2020

    Kyrgyzstan: Bills Curbing Basic Freedoms Advance

    (Berlin) – President Sooronbai Jeenbekov of Kyrgyzstan should veto two laws that are pending his signature on the grounds that they violate the country’s human rights obligations, Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament on June 25, 2020 adopted a vague …

    Source: Human Rights Watch - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 5, 2019

    Kazakh Human Rights Lawyer Suspects Her Dog Was Poisoned

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A prominent Kazakh human rights lawyer who aided a woman who helped expose "reeducation camps" for Muslims in neighboring China says she believes her dog was poisoned in a fatal attack meant to frighten her. Aiman Omarova, …

    Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 14, 2020

    Majlis Podcast: Spy Games In Uzbekistan

    On May 25, a military court in Uzbekistan sentenced the former director of the presidential Institute for Strategic and Interregional Research, Rafik Saifulin, to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of violating Article 157 of Uzbekistan's …

    Source: Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty - Neutral
  • Published on Jun 12, 2020

    Tajikistan’s Most Fearless Lawyer Remains Behind Bars

    AdvertisementIn 2015, the Tajik government made a concerted effort to stamp out the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). The IRPT was squeezed out of parliament in March 2015; a pressure campaign to diminish the party followed. Then in quick …

    Source: The Diplomat - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2020

    Turkey: Draft Law Threatens Civil Society

    (Istanbul) – The Turkish government should withdraw provisions in a draft law that would arbitrarily curtail nongovernmental organizations’ activities and have the potential to violate the right to freedom of association, Human Rights Watch said today. …

    Source: Human Rights Watch - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 22, 2020

    Is the ICC corrupted by China?

    Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government is holding up to a million in 'political education' camps in the northwestern region of Xinjiang; State Department correspondent Rich Edson reports. For people like Sainawar Rouzi, life in exile is one …

    Source: Fox News - Right-wing
  • Published on May 23, 2020

    Under The Cover Of The Coronavirus, Kazakh Activists Face Renewed Pressure

    Officials in Kazakhstan have recently begun easing the lockdown that was imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country. That means people are coming back out onto the streets, businesses are reopening, and life is slowly returning to …

    Source: Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty - Neutral
  • Published on May 19, 2020

    Kazakh Rights Lawyer Suspects Her Car Was Tampered With After Brake Malfunction

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A prominent Kazakh human rights lawyer who aided a woman who helped expose "reeducation camps" for Muslims in neighboring China says she believes her car was tampered with in an attempt to injure her because of her …

    Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 11, 2019

    Winning Documentary in Thessaloniki Portrays Israeli Human Rights Lawyer

    By Associated Press March 11, 2019 THESSALONIKI (AP) — A documentary about an Israeli human rights lawyer has won the top prize in its category at the Thessaloniki International Festival. “The Advocate,” a 108-minute film directed and produced by Rachel …

    Source: National Herald - Uncategorized
  • Published on Dec 18, 2020

    Italy: Flawed Migrant Regularization Program

    Opportunity to Learn Lessons for Future (Milan) -- An Italian program to provide undocumented migrants with a pathway to residency adopted amid the Covid-19 pandemic did not live up to its promise, Human Rights Watch said today. It is too early to know how …

    Source: ReliefWeb - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 17, 2020

    Afghanistan: Amid Promising Developments in Afghan Peace Talk, Relentless Increase of Violence Putting Future Progress ...

    SC/14391 Reporting on promising developments in peace talks between the Government of Afghanistan and its Taliban opposition, the top United Nations official for the country warned the Security Council during a 17 December videoconference meeting that …

    Source: ReliefWeb - Neutral
  • Published on Oct 31, 2020

    Global security environment enters phase of heightened volatility: UN chief

    UNITED NATIONS. KAZINFORM - The global security environment has entered a phase of heightened and extended volatility, with increased threats of civil unrest and a steady rise in instability across the globe, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio …

    Source: Kazinform - Gov't Propaganda
  • Published on Dec 15, 2020

    International Criminal Court Will Not Take Further The Case Of The Uyghurs

    On December 14, 2020, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that it could not take further the case of the Uyghurs. In its report, OTP stated that there was no basis to proceed at this time. The statement …

    Source: Forbes - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 10, 2020

    Petition Filed With UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Behalf of Kadyr Yusupov

    AdvertisementTwo years ago, Kadyr Yusupov jumped in front of a train in the Tashkent metro. Yusupov, who had served as a diplomat in the Soviet Union and then independent Uzbekistan for almost 30 years before leaving the Foreign Ministry in 2009, had long …

    Source: The Diplomat - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 10, 2020

    Human rights groups detail 'war crimes' in Nagorno-Karabakh

    Human rights organisations have raised the alarm after the emergence of videos of torture, beheadings, and other abuses, much of it shared over social networks, from the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh. In a report on Thursday …

    Source: The Guardian - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 9, 2020

    China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims

    (New York) – A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, Human Rights Watch said today. A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu prefecture provided to Human Rights Watch is …

    Source: Human Rights Watch - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 10, 2020

    Uzbekistan Orders Article on Abuse to Be Deleted

    The founder of a website that publishes accounts of domestic abuse survivors is refusing to comply with an order from Uzbek authorities to delete an article. Irina Matviyenko, who runs NeMolchi (Don't Keep Silent), said the Uzbek media regulator, the …

    Source: Voice of America - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Dec 9, 2020

    Covid used as pretext to curtail civil rights around the world, finds report

    The state of civil liberties around the world is bleak, according to a new study which found that 87% of the global population were living in nations deemed “closed”, “repressed” or “obstructed”. The figure is a 4% increase on last year’s, as civil rights …

    Source: The Guardian - Neutral
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