Latest Reports
Punitive Psychiatric Detention in Uzbekistan: Silencing Human Rights Activists
A new report by Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (Uzbek Forum), Punitive Psychiatric Detention in Uzbekistan: Silencing Human Rights Activists, presents a harrowing description of the use of forced psychiatric detention to repress human rights activists and regime critics...
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 Shavkat Mirziyoyev. It stands behind well known brands such as Makro supermarkets, Orient Finans Bank and Golden House. It has been presented internationally as the...
Uzbekistan Cotton Harvest 2020: Highlights – Video
Despite significant progress on the eradication of forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector, new challenges have come to light since the privatization process began. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland have now been transferred to private operators...
Latest Videos
VIDEO – SARDOBA A YEAR AFTER THE TRAGEDY: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
A year has passed since the breach of the dam at the Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan. The investigation and trial in this case were closed, and middle-level employees of the general contractor and subcontractors of the construction of this reservoir were in the dock....
ВИДЕО – Сардоба: Трагедия, расследование и вопросы без ответов
Прошел год после прорыва дамбы на Сардобинском водохранилище в Узбекистане. Расследование и судебный процесс по этому делу были закрытыми, а на скамье подсудимых оказались работники среднего звена генерального подрядчика и субподрядчиков строительства этого...
A Historic Day for Uzbekistan’s Workers as Indorama Employees Vote to Form the Country’s First Independent Trade Union
On March 19, 2021, employees of Indorama Agro in Sardoba district of Syrdarya region held a meeting to adopt the statute of Uzbekistan’s first democratically elected independent trade union. Xalq Birligi (People’s Unity), will represent some 500 employees of Indorama...
