Repressions Against Independent Unions in Kazakhstan Continue
Last week, on June 02, 2021, a meeting took place between representatives of the Oil Construction Company Workers’ Union affiliated…
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Cotton campaign page summary on Turkmenistan
Comments Concerning the Ranking of Turkmenistan by the United States Department of State in the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report…
Kyrgyzstan: controversial trade union law vetoed
The law on trade unions that would seriously undermine freedom of association in Kyrgyzstan and deprive unions of their independence…
Kazakhstan: over 2,000 citizens have been illegally detained over the past 6 years
The pre-trial investigation authorities don’t pay due attention to the issues of proving the guilt of the suspect before bringing…
Authorities in Kazakhstan Can’t Take a Joke
Temirlan Ensebek, a 25-year-old from Almaty, Kazakhstan, is under criminal investigation on charges of “disseminating knowingly false information” in connection…
New FAO-led food security and nutrition report for Europe and Central Asia elaborates on the costs of a healthy diet
Affordable healthy diets can trigger positive development in nutrition, sustainability.
Recent workers’ victory reveals the rot in Uzbekistan’s public life
The much heralded privatisation of the Central Asian state’s cotton sector has led to claims of exploitation. But workers are…
ILO calls for resilient occupational safety and health systems for future emergencies
Better national occupational safety and health policies, institutional and regulatory frameworks, that are also integrated into crisis response, are needed,…
New Social Contract: Five workers’ demands for recovery and resilience
The ITUC is setting out five key demands from working people to build recovery and resilience, putting people and the…