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This week the United Nations Human Rights Committee will review Turkmenistan’s human rights record at its session in Geneva.

The expert body will examine Turkmenistan’s third periodic report about its implementation of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and issue conclusions and recommendations.

As a contribution to the review, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) have prepared a joint NGO report on key issues and concerns regarding Turkmenistan’s compliance with the ICCPR. The report documents how the authorities of the country severely restrict the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, in violation of Turkmenistan’s obligations under the core human rights treaty.

“The majority of those tortured were men between 18 and 50 years of age, although there were also reports of women and teenagers being tortured. Torture methods included, but were not limited to, reports of severe beatings, electric shocks, capping, dousing with boiling water, burning with a hot iron, pulling out teeth, and threats of sexual violence,” is an excerpt from a report on torture during and after the January 2022 events. The 37-page document was prepared by Kazakh and international human rights activists. RFE/RL spoke with one of his co-authors, Rachel Gasowski.

Неправительственная организация Международное партнёрство за права человека (МППЧ), базирующаяся в Брюсселе, а также Коалиция НПО против пыток и Казахстанское бюро по правам человека представили 31 января в Астане доклад по событиям января 2022 года, как заявляют его авторы, раскрывающий широкомасштабные нарушения прав человека в Казахстане.

Cette nouvelle enquête du Partenariat international pour les droits humains décrit des meurtres de civils dans les villes de Motyzhyn, Kopyliv et Severynivka, entre fin février et début avril 2022.

A year on, the pain of Bloody January, or Qandy Qantar, is still felt among citizens of Kazakhstan. Almost everyone was affected by the events – ranging from experiencing the nationwide information-blackout when the authorities shut off the internet for several days, to witnessing the riots and shootings, peaceful protests, stray bullets, the thousands of detained in the days after, the victims of torture, as well as the experiences of the relatives of the hundreds who never returned home.

The legal battle for justice for those arbitrarily detained and those who were brutally tortured during Kazakhstan’s Bloody January imploded before it started.

A year has passed since the events of Qandy Qantar, or Bloody January, rocked Kazakhstan. Thousands and thousands of Kazakhstani citizens still live with the trauma they suffered during the weeks that followed New Year 2022. For the relatives of at least 238 people, it is now the sad anniversary of a year since their loved ones died. 

Как указано в отчете, согласно совместному докладу, опубликованному в мае НПО “Международное партнерство по правам человека” (IPHR) и Truth Hounds о нарушениях международного гуманитарного права и прав человека во время Второй Карабахской войны 2020 года, имелись неопровержимые доказательства того, что члены армянских вооруженных сил казнили двоих раненых и взятых в плен азербайджанских военных. Доказательства состояли из двух видеозаписей.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing Georgia’s rulers to make some tough choices, exacerbating underlying tensions between the country’s government and the populace and setting up a battle that will determine the fate of the country for years to come.

In this urgent appeal, which Justice Info has decided to relay, civil society organisations from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus and their international partners welcome the launch of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation in Ukraine triggered by an unprecedented collective referral by 39 State parties. The signatories call on the international community to provide a substantial injection of funding for the ICC and organisations supporting this process. The international community, civil society says, must invest in justice to document war crimes and eventually judge their perpetrators.

On May 19th, the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Global Diligence LPF, and Truth Hounds called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to investigate crimes against humanity committed by Lukashenka’s regime. Two specific charges are at issue, that of deportation and persecution on political grounds. 

Генпрокуратура признала нежелательной на территории России деятельность бельгийской International Partnership for Human Rights. Организация стала уже 42-й таковой после издания “Проект”, признаного нежелательным месяц назад. IPHR своей целью называет защиту прав человека.

Russian authorities have effectively banned a Belgian nongovernmental organization after declaring it an “undesirable” organization amid a Kremlin clampdown on civil society. The Prosecutor-General’s Office said in a statement on August 13 that the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) “poses a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation.”