Human Right Archives - Vikingar Post

IPHR, CIVICUS Demand Immediate Release of Manuchehr Kholiknazarov, Civil Activists

Posted by Henrik Idun
November 24, 2023

Frankfurt (11/09 – 20) Two international human rights organizations have called on the Tajikistan government to immediately release jailed lawyer and human rights activist...

UN Special Rapporteur: Tajikistan Violated Its International Obligations

Posted by Liona Jensen
August 1, 2023

Geneva, London (29/7 – 50) Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, condemned the arrest and imprisonment of journalists,...

“Paper Tiger” or “Snow Leopard”: The EU Sanctions Tajikistan One Year On?

Posted by Liona Jensen
June 4, 2023

Brussels, Frankfurt (29/5 – 33) European Parliament members have strongly condemned ongoing repression by the authorities of Tajikistan against journalists, activists and protesters in the Gorno-Badakhshan...

Denmark failed to take effective measures against art exhibition UN Committee finds

Posted by Eirny Donar
February 20, 2023

“It does not suffice merely to declare acts of racial discrimination punishable on paper. Criminal laws and other legal provisions prohibiting racial discrimination, including...