Latest Reports
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 2023 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. Monitoring findings show that although there was no widespread, systematic, government-imposed forced labor during the 2023 harvest, an acute...
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, in spite of ongoing reforms in the country since 2016, remains concerning. When President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016, the overall human rights situation in...
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.
Latest Videos
How Civil Society Catalyzed and End to State-Imposed Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields
On April 13, 2022 Cotton Campaign published a video about the changes in the Uzbek cotton industry.
ВИДЕО – Выборы президента Узбекистана – Интервью с Умидой Ниязовой
On October 24, 2021 Umida Niyazova commented the election during in the show Current Time. Watch the full episode in Russian here
VIDEO – Ўзбекистонда жазолаш психиатрияси
Ўзбекистон инсон ҳуқуқлари форумининг “Ўзбекистонда жазолаш психиатрияси: фаолларнинг овозини ўчириш” деб номланган янги ҳисоботида Ўзбекистон режими танқидчилари ва фаолларнинг овозини бўғиш учун мажбурий психиатрия хулосаларидан фойдаланишнинг хавотирли ҳолати тилга...
