Turkmenistan is one of the world’s most repressive and closed countries. Independent journalists, bloggers, lawyers, and civic activists who speak truth to power are routinely imprisoned, silenced, ha...

As Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visits Brussels this week, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR...

Uzbek authorities should release a local human rights activist accused of extortion and investigate his allegations of abuse in police custody, Human Rights Watch said today. Javokhir Muminov, the act...

Казахстанского активиста Амангельды Джахина приговорили к семи годам лишения свободы по обвинению в участии в деятельности и финансировании запрещённого в стране движения «Демократический выбор Казахс...

Uzbek authorities should release a local human rights activist accused of extortion and investigate his allegations of abuse in police custody, Human Rights Watch said today. Javokhir Muminov, the act...

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender will travel to Indonesia, the Philippines and Uzbekistan from 14 to 18 June.

This update covers developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Turkmenistan from November 2025 to May 2026. International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR...

Kazakhstan authorities on May 25, 2026, forcibly transferred a defrocked Russian Orthodox priest, Yakov Vorontsov, to a psychiatric facility outside Almaty, Human Rights Watch said today. A Kazakhstan...

Kazakhstan authorities on May 25, 2026, forcibly transferred a defrocked Russian Orthodox priest, Yakov Vorontsov, to a psychiatric facility outside Almaty, Human Rights Watch said today. A Kazakhstan...

When an Uzbekistan court on May 1 found the Karakalpak lawyer and blogger Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov guilty of committing “actions disrupting the work of a penal institution,” sentencing him to five yea...

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Three years after Uzbekistan criminalized domestic violence, data shows that for women progress is too slow.

Uzbekistan’s agricultural sector is once again in the spotlight following a recent report by Human Rights Watch and the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights, which

Five years ago Uzbekistan was celebrating international recognition of its eradication of state-sponsored forced labour – so why are farmers still complaining of coercion from the state today?

Human Righs Watch xalqaro nodavlat tashkiloti va Inson huquqlari o‘zbek forumi “Fermerlarda erkinlik yo‘q” nomli hisobot e’lon qildi. 2026 yil 17 fevral kuni taqdim etilgan doklad qariyb 120 sahifadan...

Government Recommitment To Reform Critical To Achieve A Sustainable Cotton Sector Following The End Of Systemic Forced Labor In The Harvest (Washington, DC, February 18, 2026) Farmers in Uzbeki...

A new report exposes abuse and exploitation of cotton and wheat farmers in Uzbekistan.

The Uzbekistan government is violating the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system, Human Rights Watch and Uzbek Forum for Human Rights said in a ...

Фермеры в Сырдарьинской области Узбекистана утверждают, что местные власти отбирают у них плодородные земли под предлогом взыскания долгов, расчищая тем самым дорогу китайским инвесторам. Об аналогичн...

The Kazakhstan Constitutional Commission’s proposed amendments to the country’s constitution would severely weaken checks on executive power and fundamental human rights protections, Human Rights Watc...

В Узбекистане против каракалпакского политзаключенного Даулетмурата Тажимуратова, который уже отбывает 16-летний срок, возбуждено новое уголовное дело по статье 220 УК, грозящее ему дополнительным сро...

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Press Release: The Government of Uzbekistan must guarantee the safety of human rights defender and lawyer Dawletmurat Tajimuratov and release him.

Государства Центральной Азии ограничивают гражданские свободы, принимают репрессивные законы, власти этих стран подвергают критиков преследованиям, говорится в отчете HRW. Организация констатирует, чт...

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order

The Karakalpak lawyer was sentenced in 2023 to 16 years in prison; ever since there have been consist reports of his mistreatment and torture.

Astana brings criminal charges only after Beijing complains.

GENEVA – The Government of Uzbekistan must guarantee the safety of human rights defender and lawyer Dawletmurat Tajimuratov and release him, an independent human rights expert said today.

Uzbekistan’s declaration of an anti-corruption “state of emergency” signals a turning point in its decade-long reform efforts toward a system-based model of control and prevention.

The United States played a leading role in establishing the UN. Now, US President Donald Trump is undermining and defunding large parts of it.