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Kyrgyzstan:
Authorities should take steps to initiate an open and inclusive process of revising the Bakiyev-era Religion Law, says Bjørn Engesland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. – The 2009 Religion Law fails to comply with the Constitution and with international human rights standards. It severely restricts religious freedoms, including imposing registration requirements that in effect ban registration of new religious communities other than the Orthodox Church and the Spiritual Board of Moslems.
Kirgisistan
Den norske Helsingforskomiteen har overvåket og rapportert om situasjonen i Kirgisistan siden 1998. Vi har observert valg og rapportert om sentrale menneskerettighetsspørsmål. Kirgisistan har vært gjennom turbulente år, og Kirgisistans president har blitt avsatt to ganger etter folkelige protester, i 2005 og 2010. Helsingforskomiteen åpnet i 2006 et representasjonskontor for Sentral-Asia i Kirgisistans hovedstad Bisjkek, men det ble stengt etter at Helsingforskomiteens representant ble erklært persona non grata i 2008. Kirigistan har store etniske spenninger i grenseomnrådet mot Usbekistan.
Norsk utenrikspolitikk:
-Norge kan gjøre en forskjell i den postsovjetiske regionen, sier generalsekretær Bjørn Engesland.
Nylig deltok Engesland i et møte sammen med andre menneskerettighetsorganisasjoner og ga innspill til utenriksminister Jonas
Gahr Støre for strategier for Russland, Hviterussland og Kasakhstan.
Kyrgyzstan:
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is disappointed to learn that authorities in Kyrgyzstan have moved to block access to a highly
respected news agency covering the Central Asian region, Ferghana.ru.
The decision is not only in breach of the country’s international obligations with respect to media freedoms, but stands in
contrast to the positive level of openness which has characterized Kyrgyzstan in recent years.
Kyrgyzstan:
In Kyrgyzstan, the previous Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev has received approximately 63% of the votes in Presidential Elections that were found mostly free and fair by the observers. Violations in the electoral process were mainly related to the voter’s lists, where a significant number of the voters could not find their name and thus could not vote.
OSCE:
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee is actively and well represented at this years' OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. In our interventions at the meeting we will focus on freedom of religion in Central Asia, rule of law in Azerbaijan, Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and freedom of expression in Macedonia, Bosnia and Serbia. We are organising a side-event on lack of justice after major human rights violations in Russia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Additionally we organise a side-event on strikers' rights in Kazakhstan and we are also co-organising a side-event with particular focus on Ales Bialiatski and the release of political prisoners in Belarus. Below you will find links to the HDIM webpage, all documents from our side-events and interventions and other relevant links.
Central-Asia:
The NHC is pleased to announce a contest for project proposals aiming at improving the situation regarding human rights, democratization or civil society in Central Asia. All organizations in the region with project proposals related to human rights, democratization or strengthening of civil society may apply. At the same time, we encourage projects targeting political rights in Kazakhstan, minority rights in Tajikistan, and reconciliation and protection of basic human rights after the Osh events in Kyrgyzstan.
The general impressions from observing the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan are positive, NHC election observer Parvina Abduvakhobova in Bishkek concludes. Even though security and stability in the country remains a major concern, election day was peaceful and the election campaign period was active.
