Year: 2015

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. – ...
30 september 2015
You are not permitted to enter Tashkent
The Uzbek government systematically denies citizens’ freedom of movement both within the country and abroad. Domestically, Uzbekistan still has ...
29 september 2015
“Shut up and pick cotton!!!”
The Uzbek authorities have handed out leaflets which inform about the prohibition of forced labour. At the very same time, ...
23 september 2015
While cotton campaign died policeman
The accident occurred as a result of the collision car “Matiz” in which there was a young police officer, ...
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
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20 august 2015
Uzbek officials: “Our prisons are most progressive, mass media are most democratic; no torture, because it is prohibited!”
Every five years starting in 1996 Uzbekistan delivers a report before UN Committee for Human Rights on the implementation ...
9 june 2015
Findings
These are the results of the complex expert review by specialists who were assembled to conduct the review and ...
9 may 2015
VERDICT
VERDICT in the name of the Republic of Uzbekistan On June 15 2006 the Yangiyer city court on criminal ...