Following a renewed wave of persecution of the Belarusian human rights defenders, civil society activists and independent journalists, members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) strongly condemn actions of the Belarusian authorities and urge them to stop...

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in Uganda, Rwanda and Kazakhstan. The political situation in Uganda Parliament deplores that the 14 January general elections in Uganda were neither...

Text of the resolution is available HERE.

President Kasym-Jomart Tokaev’s promises for reform did not bring about meaningful improvements in Kazakhstan’s human rights record in 2020. Government critics faced harassment and prosecution, and free speech was suppressed, especially in the context...

On January 21, the Department of Financial Investigations at the Committee of State Control in Belarus started an investigation of the educational human rights defence institution “Office for the Rights of People with Disabilities.” The director, Sergey...

The undersigned groups today denounced an apparent coup in Myanmar, and associated violence, which has suspended civilian government and effectively returned full power to the military.  On 1 February, the military arbitrarily detained State Counsellor...

We, the undersigned human rights organisations condemn the current, coordinated attack on leading, independent human rights NGOs in Kazakhstan. In a campaign carried out by tax bodies, these NGOs face heavy fines and the suspension of their activities for...

Dear Mr. President, The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the undersigned 56 member organisations from all regions of the world, are all deeply committed to the realization of fundamental human rights for all. To ensure respect for human...

Elections in Kazakhstan, a purely performative exercise in democracy, have given way to the acutely real enforcement of authoritarianism. Two more nongovernmental organizations were placed in the crosshairs this week under the pretext of a tax inspection. The...

We, 23 organisations in Asia stand in solidarity with the human rights defenders and the pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong as they continue to face escalating repression from China and the Hong Kong authorities. Over the past few years, we have witnessed...

The international human rights instruments contain a number of provisions on reasonable restriction of individual rights and freedoms by the state with the aim of achieving a balance between the rights of a person and the interests of the society. The criteria...

STATEMENT by Mr ZHOVTIS, Chair of the Council of the Kazakhstan International Bureau on Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Co-Chair of the Working Group under the Human Dimension Dialogue Platform Consulting & Advisory Body under the Ministry of Foreign...

1. Introduction The Open Dialog Foundation welcomes the initiative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on consultations regarding the creation of a favourable space for civil society activities and the development of a report with practical recommendations...