Eliminating Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector – A Work Still in Progress
On December 15, 2020 The Diplomat published this article by Lynn Schweisfurth about Forced Labor...
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Uzbek Asset Return Network: Special Issue series
The Uzbek Asset Return Network has published this special issue series, which is divided into 6...
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10 Years Monitoring Child and Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector
This year, Uzbek Forum is conducting monitoring of Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest and advocating for...
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Cotton Chronicle 2020: Interim Findings on Uzbekistan’s Cotton Harvest
For the tenth consecutive year, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights has independently monitored forced...
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Due Process at Risk: Journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev Appeals to the General Prosecutor of Uzbekistan Following Threats and Insults
On October 19, journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev posted a video appeal to the General Prosecutor of...
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ICON OF THE ‘UZBEK SPRING’ FACES QUESTIONS OVER PRIVATE INTERESTS
For a copy of the original English report click here For a Russian translation click here In...
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Switzerland and Uzbekistan sign an agreement with a view to the restitution of confiscated assets
Switzerland and Uzbekistan have signed a framework agreement with a view to the restitution of...
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Uzbek Journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev at Risk of Extradition from Kyrgyzstan on Political Charges
On August 10, Bishkek’s Pervomaysk District Court ordered that Uzbek journalist Bobomurod...
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Chronicle of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Uzbekistan: Riots, Ill Treatment and Suicides in Quarantine Facilities Amid Applause from International Organizations
The Special Commission on Combating Covid-19 has strengthened quarantine measures throughout...
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Corporate Integrity Risks Threaten Uzbekistan’s Cotton Cluster Experiment
Ulster University and the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights has released the first sectorwide study on...
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Uzbekistan: Fair Recruitment, Effective Accountability Needed to End Forced Labor as Independent Labor Monitors Harassed, Arbitrarily Detained
June 23, 2020 (Washington, D.C. / Berlin) – A new report released today by Uzbek Forum for Human...
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Human Rights Activists Isolated for 14 Days after Monitoring Cotton Fields
Tashkent human rights activists Elena Urlaeva and Solmaz Akhmedova, and activists Karimjon...
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