ITUC letter to President Tokayev re violations of ILO Conv. 87/trial E. Baltabay
Here you can find a letter sent by ITUC to the President of Kazakhstan regarding violations of ILO Convention 87.
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Trade Union Leader Faces Prison Time in Kazakhstan Authorities Should Take Urgent Steps to Address ILO Concerns
As pressure built against Kazakhstan at the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) conference in Geneva this month to address the country’s…
Turkmenistan Remains at Lowest Possible Ranking in US Trafficking in Persons Report
For the fourth year in a row, the Government of Turkmenistan failed to meet the minimum standards to address human…
Uzbek Human Rights Defender Charged with Slander and Defamation after Investigating Confiscation of Private Property
A criminal case has been brought against Malokhat Eshonkulova, an independent Tashkent-based human rights defender, by the investigative department of…
ITUC Global Rights Index 2019: Democracy in crisis as brutal repression used to silence age of anger
New technology allows employers to avoid paying minimum entitlements and exclude workers from labour laws.
Kazakhstan’s Workers’ Rights Crackdown Under Fresh Scrutiny Reforms Urgently Needed to Protect Unions and Employees
As the International Labour Organisation (ILO) celebrates its Centenary this week, one of its key committees decided today to examine…
Turkmen Struggle to Access their Money as Economic Crisis Bites
It claims to be the Motherland of Prosperity but Turkmenistan’s economy is in chaos and its financial system isn’t working.…
Umida Niyazova on Forced Labor in Uzbekistan Despite progress, forced labor remains a reality in Uzbekistan.
If the ultimate goal is the eradication of all forced labor in Uzbekistan, Tashkent hasn’t yet achieved it. While most…