Uzbekistan’s Largest Oil Refinery Changes Hands, Shaken by Dismissals, Theft
The Ferghana oil refinery is Uzbekistan’s largest – and most sought after. Based in the most densely populated region of…
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Turkmen Soldiers Die in Crash on Way to Harvest Pistachios
Eleven Turkmen soldiers have died in a road accident in Serhetabat (formerly Kushka) near the border with Afghanistan, a well…
UZBEK JOURNALIST BOBOMUROD ABDULLAEV AT RISK OF EXTRADITION FROM KYRGYZSTAN ON POLITICAL CHARGES
On August 10, Bishkek’s Pervomaysk District Court ordered that Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev remain in custody until September 8. In…
Kyrgyz Film Denied License For Showing Corrupt Officials
The makers of a new Kyrgyz movie say they were denied a distribution license after a film commission objected to…
180+ Orgs Demand Apparel Brands End Complicity in Uyghur Forced Labour
72 Uyghur rights groups are joined by over 100 civil society organisations and labour unions from around the world in…
CHRONICLE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UZBEKISTAN: RIOTS, ILL TREATMENT AND SUICIDES IN QUARANTINE FACILITIES AMID APPLAUSE FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Special Commission on Combating Covid-19 has strengthened quarantine measures throughout Uzbekistan from July 10 to August 1. The government…
Challenges NGOs in Uzbekistan are still facing
Проблемы, с которыми все еще сталкиваются низовые активисты и самоинициативные НПО в Узбекистане несмотря на сильную политическую волю президента Мирзиёева…
Free Kanatbek Osmonov!
BWI called for the immediate release of Kyrgzstan trade union leader Kanatbek Osmonov, who was charged with criminal cases and…
For western brands, Uzbekistan’s cotton privatisation raises red flags
As Uzbekistan turns to privatisation to solve forced labour in the state-controlled cotton sector, an investigation into an international equipment…
OUT OF THE CAULDRON, INTO THE FIRE? RISK AND THE PRIVATISATION OF UZBEKISTAN’S COTTON SECTOR
Ulster University and the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights has released the first sector wide study on corporate integrity in…