“International Organizations Cannot Help You. Do not speak to them.”
Cotton producer Indorama Agro silences workers speaking out against rights violations while...
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UZBEK COTTON HARVEST 2023: RISK OF FORCED LABOR REMAINS HIGH
February 1, 2024 (Berlin) – Today, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights published its report on the...
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Uzbekistan: Farmers’ Cooperative Appeals Closure
(Berlin, December 15, 2023) – A court in Nukus, Uzbekistan will consider an appeal on December 19,...
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An Economist vs. Uzbekistan’s Silk Industry: Whose Facts Matter?
This article by Umida Niyazova was first published in the The Diplomat on October 5, 2023. A...
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Complaint Filed against EBRD: Labor Rights Violations, Land Grabs and Exploitation at Cotton Producer Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan
ўзбек тилида юклаш On August 3, 2023, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (Uzbek Forum), assisted...
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President’s Broken Promises Puts Journalists and Bloggers at Risk
This report aims to shed light on the situation for bloggers and journalists in Uzbekistan which,...
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Uzbek Forum Attends EBRD’s Annual Meeting in Samarkand
The annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) took place in...
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Uzbekistan’s improved constitutional rights are meaningless
This article by Umida Niyazova was first published by Asia Nikkei on 8 May, 2023 Law already...
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UZBEK COTTON HARVEST 2022: NO SYSTEMATIC FORCED LABOR OF PICKERS BUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE COTTON SECTOR PUTS FARMERS AND WORKERS AT RISK
During the 2022 cotton harvest, Uzbek Forum monitors found no evidence of systematic, government-imposed forced labor for the second consecutive year.
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No place for independent cotton cooperatives in New Uzbekistan
Cooperatives are being shut down through arbitrary application of the law and the determination of...
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Will Uzbekistan’s first democratically elected trade union survive?
By changing the status of employees to “service providers”, Indorama Agro is decimating union...
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COTTON CHRONICLE 2022: OBSERVATIONS OF UZBEKISTAN’S COTTON HARVEST
The annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, which began in stages in early September, is coming to an...
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