Reports and releases

Sport for Rights coalition condemns conviction of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus

14.08.2015

The Sport for Rights coalition condemns the conviction and harsh sentencing of Azerbaijani human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus on 13 Augu

Journalist murdered as crackdown on rights continues

10.08.2015

Azerbaijan

The Sport for Rights coalition resolutely condemns the brutal murder of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev, who died on 9 August in a Baku hospital, after he was severely beaten on 8 August by a group of people.

Attack on Geldy Kyarizov’s family, Exit from Turkmenistan Denied

07.08.2015

Turkmenistan

Geldy Kyarizov’s family suffered a violent attack on their lives on 5 August 2015 as they attempted to leave the country. A leading expert on the famous Akhal-Teke horse breed, Geldy Kyarizov, and his family have once again been denied their fundamental right to leave Turkmenistan, despite Geldy’s failing health, and no charges against them.

Armenia: human rights violations against peaceful protesters

30.06.2015

Armenia

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly – Vanadzor presented a report on human rights violations against peaceful demonstrators at Electricity Price Hike in Armenia.

Armenia: Police used unjustified violence against the participants of peaceful assembly

25.06.2015

Armenia

The assembly in Yerevan was peaceful and the police used excessive force to disperse the assembly

Mass arrest and reports of police brutality in Armenia

24.06.2015

Armenia

The IRCT condemns the use of violence and punitive force by Armenian police against demonstrators and journalists at peaceful demonstrations held in Yerevan and Gyumri.

Conservation of the systemic human rights crisis in Belarus

20.06.2015

Belarus

The Working Group on Investment of the Committee of International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus and Freedom Files analytical Centre produced a new report under the title "Conservation of the Systemic Human Rights Crisis in Belarus: A Worthwhile Price for Lukashenko's 'Peacemaking'?"

Kazakhstan: UN expert highlights key freedom of association and assembly concerns

20.06.2015

Kazakhstan

Statement by Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law and International Partnership for Human Rights

Central Asia: Curtailing rights in the name of stability

19.05.2015

The EU must insist on meaningful human rights reforms.

Azerbaijan: Another unjust and shameful conviction of human rights lawyer

23.04.2015

Azerbaijan

On 22 April 2015, Intigam Aliyev, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer and head of the Legal Education Society (LES) was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, having been found guilty of tax evasion, abuse of office and illegal entrepreneurship.