El Tuz

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 ...