Legal challenge launched against EU measures incentivising trade in forced labour textiles
For immediate release The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF), with the support of the...
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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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Harassment of Human Rights Activist Uktam Pardayev by Jizzakh Officials Continues
Jizzakh human rights activist Uktam Pardaev is seriously concerned for his own safety and the...
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Bed Linen Previously used for Children with Tuberculosis Given to Soldiers Moblized to Pick Cotton
Parents of children at a sanatorium for children with tuberculosis, or who are at risk of...
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Uzbek Farmer: I would be glad to refuse to grow cocoons
Uzbekistan, a leading producer of silk cocoons, relies on forced labor for their production, which...
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Uzbek Farmer: “I will definitely be bankrupt this year”
A monitor from Uzbek-German Forum interviewed a farmer from the Khorezm region who described his...
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In Andijan, a ninth-grader fatally stabs a fellow schoolmate in the heart while teachers were busy cleaning the streets
On April 7, Muhammadasore Sobirov, a 9th-grade pupil of secondary school No. 10 in the city of...
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PETITION: Stop Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry!
Every year, students in Uzbekistan are massively forced to participate in the cotton harvest. This new animated video tells about the background of this practice: Why is this happening in Uzbekistan? How come nobody refuses? In...
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Farmers Verbally Abused by Head of Andijan District
Radio Ozodlik published an audio recording of a meeting on January 25, 2018, in the Andijan...
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Female nurses in Tashkent are forced to clean in low-income houses for free
In Tashkent, female employees of health clinics, schools, and kindergartens are forced to clean in...
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