Dec 5, 2022 | News
Dear Justice Chandrachud: We, the undersigned organizations, write to express grave concern for the well being of Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, a professor and human rights activist serving life in prison in apparent retaliation for his nonviolent expressive...
Oct 28, 2022 | News
We, the undersigned organisations call on the authorities in Kyrgyzstan to immediately release and drop the charges against people arrested without credible reason in the past week after speaking out against a controversial draft border agreement with neighbouring...
Oct 7, 2022 | News
Washington, DC – Today, four U.S. Senators issued a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressing their concern about the absence of accountability for serious human rights abuses which took place in Kazakhstan following the popular unrest that spread across...
Sep 29, 2022 | News
Freedom Now strongly condemns the sentencing of labor rights activist Erzhan Elshibayev on September 29 to an additional seven years in prison for allegedly disobeying prison authorities. We call on all charges against Elshibayev to be dropped and for him to be...
Sep 15, 2022 | News
Freedom Now strongly condemns the detention of lawyer Elchin Sadigov and journalist Avaz Zeynalli. On September 11, 2022 an Azerbaijani court ordered the detention of the two men for four months pending an investigation into allegations of bribery. We urge the...
Sep 13, 2022 | News
Despite a UN decision in his favor, the Kazakh government has yet to provide human rights activist Alnur Ilyashev with any form of remedy after a court unjustly sentenced him to three years of restricted movement, 300 hours of forced labor, and a five-year ban on...
