Eurasia

As proceedings against 11 independent journalists in Kyrgyzstan near conclusion, Amnesty International, Araminta, ARTICLE 19, Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, Civil Rights Defenders, Inte...

On September 17, the Georgian Parliament passed a controversial “Family Values” bill, which directly targets the rights and freedoms of the LGBTI+ community in the country. Approved by 84 ...

Halt Media Intimidation Campaign, End Ongoing Repression of Reporting (Stockholm, September 6, 2024) – The Kyrgyz authorities should retract their decision to liquidate the award-winning investigative...

Defending human rights is a dangerous job in many parts of the world. When a threatening situation arises, Civil Rights Defenders’ Emergency Fund provides rapid assistance to improve human right...

Improving Capacity for Independent Media in a War Zone Radio Era is a part of the New Voice of Ukraine media group founded in 2014, that besides a radio station includes a weekly magazine and news web...

The undersigned international human rights organisations express profound alarm at the recent approval of a new law by Oliy Majilis, the lower chamber of Uzbekistan’s Parliament, concerning the ...

Free Activists; Drop Charges (Stockholm, June 12, 2024) –The Kyrgyzstan prosecutors’ request 20-year sentences for a group of government critics in the so-called Kempir-Abad case compounds an al...

The controversial law on “Transparency of Foreign Influence” has been adopted by the Georgian parliament, despite weeks of massive protests against it. This is deeply concerning – the law undermines d...

This year’s Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award goes to Mariia Sulialina, head of the Ukrainian human rights organisation Almenda. She gives voice to the Ukrainian children in the occupied t...

The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced that they again want to try and pass a controversial law that aims to limit foreign influence. A similar law was proposed in 2023 but was dropped after ma...