RFE/RL Correspondent Achilova Threatened With Death In Turkmenistan
WASHINGTON — RFE/RL Turkmen correspondent Soltan Achilova reports (in Turkmen) she was threatened with death on July 29, while en…
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Document of Evidence: Public Sector Employees in Samarkand Massively Mobilized to Carry out Reconstruction Works
On July 29, the popular Uzbek news website www.kun.uz published an article written by the journalist Tura Murod, who had…
Human rights organisations and ILO experts confirm the mass use of forced labour in the cotton industry of Uzbekistan
The infamous forced labour practice in Uzbekistan is still widespread. Two detailed reports on the subject have been released at…
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 heads…
Kazakhstan: Sentencing of Union Leader a Travesty of Justice
The ITUC has condemned the sentence handed down against trade union leader Larisa Kharkova by a Kazakhstan court today as…
Apotheosis of Kyrgyz justice
The President of Kyrgyzstan once again celebrates his victory. Almazbek Atambayev could manage to outdo his predecessors in his state…
World Bank funds linked to forced labour in Uzbekistan
Report by human rights groups says Bank-funded projects in the country’s cotton industry are using child and forced labour. The…
Tukmenistan
The Government of Turkmenistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making…
Uzbekistan: Forced Labor Linked to World Bank. Systematic Violations Underpin Country’s Cotton Sector
(Brussels) – The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor…
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan remain in the lowest possible ranking in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan remain in the lowest possible ranking in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report (Washington, DC) — Today…