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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Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector Cannot Thrive Without Autonomy for Farmers
Uzbekistan’s 2022 annual cotton harvest is currently in full swing, with farmers across the...
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Call for Intervention by the US Department of Justice to Prevent the Return of Stolen Assets to Gulnara Karimova
To: The United States Department of Justice Copy: The Swiss Federal Office of Justice The Office...
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Illegal Land Confiscations in Uzbekistan: Farmers in Namangan Fight for their Rights and Livelihoods
The modernization of agriculture in Uzbekistan, for which Uzbekistan has received millions of...
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Indorama Agro project, Uzbekistan: unmitigated human rights violations persist
In 2021, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved two loans of USD 70...
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“Significant risks” remain in Uzbek cotton sector
In this guest column written exclusively for Apparel Insider, Lynn Schweisfurth of the Uzbek Forum...
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New Civil Society Report on Uzbekistan Calls for Independent Institutions as well as Enhanced Transparency and CSO Participation in Asset Recovery Processes
Uzbekistan has enacted significant reforms in recent years to enhance its legislative framework...
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Uzbek Civil Society: Do Not Return Frozen Assets to Criminal Company
Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland Swiss Federal Criminal Court Ministry of Justice of...
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Insults, Slander and Human Rights: Uzbek Bloggers Pay a Heavy Price for Exercising Freedom of Speech
An amendment to Uzbekistan’s criminal code that criminalizes online public insult or slander of...
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Uzbek Bloggers and Activists Under Attack – the Cases Mount
As events in Kazakhstan continue to spook neighboring Central Asian countries whose populations...
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Punitive Psychiatric Detention in Uzbekistan: Silencing Human Rights Activists
A new report by Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (Uzbek Forum), Punitive Psychiatric Detention in...
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Government Investment Fund a ‘Piggy Bank’ for Conglomerate Tied to Uzbekistan’s First Family
Uzbek conglomerate, the Orient Group, has experienced a meteoric rise during the Presidency of...
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