El Tuz

30 march 2016

Aramais Avakian: We were tortured by electric shock

On 22 March 2016 the Jizzak region criminal court heard the appeal of Aramais Avakian, Furkat Juraev, Bektemir Umurzakov ...

2 march 2016

Three Uzbek Human Rights Defenders Receive International Award

The International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) has granted the International Workers’ Rights Defenders Awards 2016 to Uzbek human rights ...

18 december 2015

The chronicle of Uktam Pardayev’s criminal case

Uktam Pardayev, an Uzbek human rights defender from Jizzak city, was charged with violation of two articles of the ...

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 ...

1 december 2015

The Kuhlhaus in Berlin is currently hosting the exhibition “BALAGAN!!! Contemporary art from the former Soviet Union and ...

16 november 2015

Uzbekistan: Police arrested human rights defender Uktam Pardaev

Today in Jizzak city, Uzbekistan, the police arrested human rights defender Uktam Pardayev after raiding his home and confiscating ...

3 november 2015

To resist the evil

Dear Mr. President, I appeal to you not as a journalist and human rights activist, but as a woman, ...

15 september 2015

Umida Niyazova on Fear, Oppression and Resistance in Uzbekistan

Umida Niyazova, True Heroe from Uzbekistan. Founder of German-based NGO Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF). Harassed, imprisoned, forced ...

10 september 2015

Steve Swerdlow HRW on Andijan Massacre

Steve Swerdlow of Human Rights Watch speaks on the 10th anniversary of Andijan massacre and the current situation in ...

8 september 2015

Cotton Crimes: forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry

Dear all Just to let you all know that have released our new video today. It is a doodle ...