Tag: forced labour in uzbekistan
Spanish-Owned Chemical Company Implicated in Forced Labour with Tragic Consequences
Dec 18, 2018 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs
24-year-old Sohibjon Mutalibov, an employee of Ammofos-Maxam, the largest producer of mineral...
Read MoreDecisive action to hold official accountable not so decisive after all
Nov 16, 2018 | Farmers, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights News, Our Programs
Official fired by Mirziyoev for abusing farmers and officials reappointed to district head with...
Read MoreCotton 2018: “Women and men are sleeping in the same room, divided only by a curtain”
Oct 5, 2018 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs
105 workers from cultural institutions in the Jizzakh region are collecting cotton in a...
Read MoreChronicle of the labor situation in Uzbekistan
Jun 18, 2018 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs
This issue of the “Chronicle of Forced Labor in Uzbekistan” presents an overview of...
Read MoreInvestigation by «Xabar.uz»: Who is to blame for the death of a 23-year-old teacher?
Mar 21, 2018 | Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Other sectors, Our Programs
The Governors Promised! The promise of the governor of the Namangan Region, Khayrullo Bozorov: “We...
Read MorePETITION: Stop Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Industry!
Mar 5, 2018 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs, Videos
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...
Read MoreIf Paul Day builds a monument to late Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, the blood of his victims will taint the artist’s work forever
Feb 5, 2018 | Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights News, Our Programs
An open letter from Uzbek human rights activists to the British sculptor Paul Day commissioned to...
Read MoreArticle in German Magazine STERN : “Exploited”
Nov 15, 2017 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs, Press (Uzbek Forum in the News)
Bettina Sengling, a German journalist, has been following Uzbekistan’s most prominent human rights...
Read MoreVideo: Forced Labor Linked To World Bank
Jun 27, 2017 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs, Videos
The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor in Uzbekistan. Under the loan agreements, the Uzbek government is required to comply with laws prohibiting forced and...
Read MoreNEW REPORT RELEASED: Forced Labor Linked to World Bank
Jun 27, 2017 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs, Reports, Reports Cotton
(Brussels) – The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to...
Read MoreCHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR 2017, Issue 1, February 2017
Feb 23, 2017 | Cotton, Forced Labor, Human Rights News, Our Programs
Download the CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOR 2017, Issue 1 here.
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