“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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Farmers
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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“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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Joint Statement Regarding the Establishment of an Independent Trade Union in Uzbekistan
On March 19, 2021, over 200 employees of Indorama Agro in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan held a...
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Will Indorama Agro Stand in the Way of Uzbekistan’s First Independent Trade Union?
The privatization of Uzbekistan’s cotton sector has exposed how workers are deprived of the...
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Local Authorities Continue to Show Contempt for Farmers and Rule of Law
On April 28, 2020, the hokimiyat of the Kuyi-Chirchik district of the Tashkent region sent...
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COTTON CLUSTERS AND THE DESPAIR OF UZBEK FARMERS: LAND CONFISCATIONS, BLANK CONTRACTS AND FAILED PAYMENTS
Executive summary The privatization of Uzbekistan’s cotton sector has led to the establishment of...
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Just Like Old Times: Ministry of Internal Affairs Continues to Meddle in the Lives of Farmers
On August 23 Radio Ozodlik published an audio recording of a conference call held by the head of...
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Farmers’ Land Transferred to Privately-Owned Clusters
Farmer Haydarali Islomov from the Kuyichirchik district in the Tashkent region, told human rights...
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State Quotas Drive Corrupt Practices Throughout Cotton Sector
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan will soon pass judgment on a failed appeal against the verdict of...
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In Karakalpakstan, a farmer was pulled from a noose. Shortly before, his land had been taken away.
Shukhrat Saparov, a 29-year-old farmer from the Beruni district in Karakalpakstan, tried to commit...
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In Namangan, hundreds of hectares sown with vegetables were destroyed to increase cotton production
Radio Ozodlik spoke with farmers from the Pap district of the Namangan region, who reported that...
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