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“Rights and Freedoms of a human being and their protection are an indicator of democracy, stability and security of any state..”
A recent message from our partners in Kyrgyzstan, Center Interbilim, calling the Kyrgyz government to account for harassing civil society activists. The full message can be downloaded below.
"Today, in our view, the war of the authorities against the civil society reached its culmination. The active involvement of such resources as the Ministry of internal affairs, the General prosecutor, and the Ministry of justice attests to the extraordinarily gravity of the intention of the higher authorities on the one hand and, on the other hand clearly demonstrates that the higher authorities returned to the worst practices of authoritarian regimes, reminding of the initial events of the Stalinist repression.
We consider that the repression of citizens who do not agree with the politics of the current authorities, and unlimited violations of civil and political human rights and freedoms can develop into a “genocide” against its own people and bring our country to an extremely dangerous boundary, namely of authoritarianism, when illegal detentions of peaceful citizens become the norm and assume a mass character.
On the basis of the above-mentioned, we emphasize once more the necessity to observe the human rights in the Kyrgyz Republic and demand from President K. Bakiev, in his capacity of guarantor of the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, to stop lawlessness, to hold responsible all officials guilty of arrests and brutal treatment of detained citizens, and to restore rule of law."
APPEAL FROM INTERBILIM 2008.doc (30Kb)
Different aspects of the socio-political environment in Central Asia were discussed at the CA CTM workshop in September 2006, focusing particularly on the break-up of the USSR and the birth of the Central Asian republics in 1990.
The emergence of these states has been important for the future of human rights and rights-based approaches to development for all the countries of the region. However participants felt that these rights remain largely unaddressed.
• Participants overwhelmingly condemned the use of random acts of violence against civilians. Some also argued that the real fight against terrorism is only possible under conditions of mutual trust, people’s support and a consolidation of peaceful living by all sections of society – including the state and civil society organisations.
• Strong concerns centred on support for ownership of hard earned democratic freedoms (to dissent and to protest), though these were viewed as being under threat.
Overview of Central Asia Workshop
Overview Central Asia CTM Workshop.pdf (22Kb)
The views expressed in this section are those of civil society organisations in different regions, and do not necessarily reflect those of INTRAC.