The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) during the 107th session in August 2022 considered the state report of Azerbaijan and alternative materials submitted by representatives of civil society, and expressed concern about the condition of ethnic…
During a dialogue with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on August 15-16, 2022, the state delegation submitting Azerbaijan’s periodic report on the implementation of the Convention reported that the country is preparing to adopt a law on…
On August 15, 2022, two Dungans convicted in a high-profile case of pogroms in the Dungan villages of Masanchi, Bular Batyr and Aukhatty in the Kordai district of Kazakhstan (February 7-8, 2020) were released on parole. They spent more than…
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day on June 20, the human rights NGO Human Constanta organized an online lecture “Vulnerable groups and the war” together with the expert of the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Stefania Kulaeva. At the beginning…
RFE/RL: Fear And Outrage In Pamir: Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Reeling From Brutal State Crackdown With reports of dozens killed as well as hundreds injured and detained in recent weeks, the Tajik government tried to settle a long-standing conflict in its Gorno-Badakhshan…
On June 14, the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues sent a request to the Tajik authorities to visit the country. Information about this is available in the database of country visits of the UN Special Procedures. The planned visit date…
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