Jan 6, 2022 | News
We, the undersigned members of the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) and other NGOs are extremely concerned about the tense situation in Kazakhstan. In the light of rapidly evolving events, we urge all protesters to refrain from the use of violence and the authorities...
Dec 15, 2021 | News
Washington, D.C. – Freedom Now welcomes reports that Sri Lankan poet Ahnaf Jazeem has been released on bail after 19 months in pre-trial detention. Jazeem was arrested in May 2020 under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act on charges related to his poetry. “The...
Dec 7, 2021 | News
Washington, DC – On December 6, six U.S. Senators issued a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken ahead of the United States’ upcoming Strategic Partnership Dialogue with Uzbekistan. The initiative, led by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), urges Secretary Blinken...
Dec 6, 2021 | News
Washington, D.C. – Freedom Now welcomes the release of Azamat Umbetaliyev from wrongful detention in Kazakhstan. Umbetaliyev, one of eight men convicted for being members of a religious WhatsApp group, was released on probation on December 6, 2021 after serving three...
Nov 10, 2021 | News
Tashkent Inter-district Administrative Court returned the NGO Human Rights House’s complaint about non-registration “on formal grounds”, but the group has appealed the decision and is currently seeking to register with the Ministry of Justice for the ninth time. We,...
Oct 15, 2021 | News
Washington, D.C. – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has found the Government of Kazakhstan violated international human rights law by imprisoning eight Muslim men who were members of a religious-themed WhatsApp group. Responding to a legal...
