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31 january 2018
Chairman of the Uzbek National Security Service Dismissed
On January 31, 2018, the Chairman of the Uzbek National Security Service (SNB), Rustam Inoyatov, was dismissed. This was ...
10 october 2017
Employees of Tashkent Organizations Hire Cotton Pickers at their own Expense
Check the vide here On September 27, 2017, activist Malokhat Eshonkulova visited cotton fields in the Dustlik district of ...
25 september 2017
Uzbekistan’s new leader fails his first test
One year after the death of Islam Karimov, the continued use of forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields shows ...
19 september 2017
An Open Letter to the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce regarding the Situation in Uzbekistan on the Eve of its Meeting with President Mirziyoev
Le Mans, France Berlin, Germany Ms Carolyn Lamm Chair American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce 601 13th St NW # 600S ...
26 august 2017
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 ...
3 august 2017
“Corruptistan” – Of Princesses and Fraudsters
Last Friday, the Uzbekistan prosecutor’s office confirmed that the daughter of the former Uzbek president Islam Karimov has been ...
2 august 2017
A Peek Behind the World Bank’s Mask
by Jessica Evans, Senior Researcher/Advocate at Human Rights Watch for International Financial Institutions Originally published at Huffington Post and ...
28 july 2017
Head of District Educational Department: “Teachers, not the farmers need the cotton”
On 21 July 2017, the Uzbek website www.sof.uz posted the audio recording of a meeting of school directors and ...
19 july 2017
Does Mirziyoyev read news from websites which are blocked in Uzbekistan?
President Mirziyoyev has read out to parliamentarians a news article published on the website eltuz.com which is blocked in ...
19 june 2017
Labor rights activist died in prison
After six months it has become known that Nuraddin Jumaniyozov (68), who planned to set up a trade union ...
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14 february 2018
Uzbekistan: Investigate Torture of Journalist. 12 Human Rights Groups Call for Journalist’s, Others’ Immediate Release
(Bishkek, February 13, 2018) – Uzbek authorities should ensure a thorough, impartial, and independent investigation into the alleged torture and other ...
5 october 2015
To whom of these honorable men shall I swear allegiance to?
30 september 2015
Saint Yelena was put into cage in Khorezm
– Some spies have been caught. They say that it is illegal to force people to pick cotton. – ...
1 december 2015
Case against Uktam Pardayev deadlocked
The investigation of the case of the Jizzakh human rights activist Uktam Pardayev is deadlocked. The investigator of the ...