Amnesty Says Executions, Led by Iran, Skyrocketed Last Year
Executions around the world rose to their highest number in five years in 2022, with Iran driving the spike, offsetting hopes raised by the...
Human Rights Activist Proposes to Introduce “Targeted Sanctions” Against Key Representatives of the Tajik Authorities
The representative of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Marius Fossum, proposed using international mechanisms of influence, including “targeted sanctions”, against the Tajik authorities, “which violate...
Tajikistan Tyranny Against Martyrs and Humanity
The month of May holds dark memories for the Pamiris in Tajikistan Berlin (2/5) — For the Pamiri ethnic minority and residents of the Gorno...
Egypt takes lead role on global counterterrorism despite rights concerns
Appointment, alongside EU, condemned by rights groups who fear Cairo will use position to further ‘weaken human rights protections” Egypt has assumed the co-leadership...
Tajikistan’s Policy of Suppression Continues in Pamir Region
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon recently was in New York to speak with the UN Secretary General and King of the Netherlands. Whilst the Tajik...
Wagner Group and the Evolving Global Threat of Private Military Companies
Amid the rise of great power competition, Russia and China, near peer competitors to the United States, have been working to advance their technology,...
NGOs Urge Tajikistan to Release Journalist and Human Rights Defender Khurshed Fozilov
The government of Tajikistan should immediately release independent journalist and human rights defender Khurshed Fozilov and cease the reprisals against independent journalism in the...
Human Rights on the Line in Tajikistan
Since 1992, president Emomali Rahmon has effectively ruled Tajikistan through a pervasive campaign of fear, political repression, intimidation and violence. Human rights activists, journalists,...
From murder to stadium crush: Can Indonesia’s police reform?
Indonesia – Indonesia’s police force has developed a reputation for violence and impunity, but the murder case involving Police Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat shocked...
Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in growing number of countries
Restrictions on religion don’t just affect those who are religious. People who are religiously unaffiliated also are harassed because of what they believe. In...