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Central Asia Human Rights Reporting Project
Years active: 2009-2011
Central Asia Human Rights Reporting Project directly supports human rights defenders in all five Central Asian states by helping them develop efficient media and public outreach strategies to improve awareness and support and ensure human rights norms are respected and observed upon a daily basis across the region.
The project delivers sustainable partnerships between media outlets and practitioners and the community of human rights' defenders.
Funded by the European Commission and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.
Addressing Torture in Tajikistan
Disputes mainly centre on whether violence against detainees is a rare aberration or an accepted method of extracting confessions.
Kazak Death Penalty Reform Less Than It Seems
Experts say the number of crimes for which capital punishment still applies has been expanded, not reduced.
Kazaks Approve Rights Laws Ahead of OSCE Year
Government seen to be tidying up loose ends of human rights legislation.
Refugees Still Face Uncertainty in Kazakstan
Until comprehensive legislation is in place, asylum-seekers from Uzbekistan and China will be at risk of deportation.
Confronting Classroom Violence in Kazakstan
Rights activists call for closer scrutiny of how children are treated at school.