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November 19, 2021 News Release

EU: Tackle Central Asia Rights Abuses

Afghanistan Crisis No Excuse to Ignore Rights Concerns

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the five Central Asian countries at the 15th EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 07, 2019.
November 18, 2021 Commentary

How are the Authorities in Central Asia Trying to Control the Internet?

An Interview with Hugh Williamson

Uzbekistan’s media landscape, made up of independent, state-sponsored, and international Uzbek and Russian language media outlets, is in a period of growth and change, as journalists test the boundaries of respect for free expression.
November 18, 2021 Dispatches

Activist Missing in Turkmenistan

Azat Isakov, a Presumed Victim of Enforced Disappearance by Turkmen Security Services

Azat Isakov.
November 2, 2021 Statement

Pressure on Turkmen Nationals in Turkey Must Be Stopped.

Their Rights and Freedoms Must Be Secured.

October 27, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Turkmen Activists Face Deportation

Activists at Risk of Persecution, Torture if Returned Home

A man walks near Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
October 26, 2021 Letter

Letter to the Directorate General of Migration Management of the Republic of Turkey

July 20, 2021 Dispatches

Doctor Demanding Justice Detained in Turkmenistan

Retaliation after Khursanai Ismatullaeva’s Case is Discussed in European Parliament

Kursanai Ismatullaeva detained Turkmenistan
May 13, 2021 News Release

Turkmenistan: Threats Against Relatives of Dissidents Abroad

Stop Threatening Families, Respect Freedom of Expression

Rozybai Jumamadov, whose 14-year-old nephew and family were harassed and threatened by authorities in Turkmenistan, May 2020.
January 13, 2021 News Release

Central Asia: Pandemic Response Threatens Rights

Uphold, Reaffirm Human Rights Protections

Uzbek students take open-air entrance exams in Tashkent on September 2, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.
November 16, 2020 News Release

EU: Bring Human Rights to the Top of Central Asia Agenda

Rights, Rule of Law Key in Response to Region’s Crises

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020.
October 22, 2020 News Release

Turkmenistan: Drop Charges, Free Wrongfully Imprisoned Lawyer

Sentence Highlights Politically Motivated Persecution

Pygambergeldy Allaberdyev
October 12, 2020 News Release

Turkey: Turkmen Activist Faces Deportation

Dursoltan Taganova Risks Arbitrary Detention, Torture if Returned Home

Dorsultan Taganova.
September 23, 2020 Report

Turkmenistan: Denial, Inaction Worsen Food Crisis

Pandemic Compounds People’s Struggle for Affordable Food

A woman sells herbs in Ashgabat.
June 27, 2020 News Release

Turkmenistan Denies Apparent Covid-19 Outbreak

Officials Withhold Information, Pressure Health Workers

Entrance to the Niyazov Medical Center in Ashgabat, one of Turkmenistan's top medical facilities, June 2020.
May 26, 2020 Dispatches

Two Years in Prison for Gay Sex in Turkmenistan

Decriminalize Consensual Same-Sex Conduct

A screen showing a portrait of Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov inside the terminal of the newly built airport in Ashgabat

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