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…
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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…
UZBEKISTAN: FAIR RECRUITMENT, EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDED TO END FORCED LABOR AS INDEPENDENT LABOR MONITORS HARASSED, ARBITRARILY DETAINED
A new report released today by Uzbek Forum for Human Rights (formerly Uzbek-German Forum / UGF) on the 2019 cotton…
Unions under threat in Kyrgyzstan
While the ex-chair of Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan refuses to resign, the current leaders of FTUK are being…
Interference in trade union affairs and harassment of trade union leaders
Mr President, trade unions, under virtue of ILO Convention 87, ratified by your country in 1992, organise their activities and…
SEE-NIS PERC OHS Network’s statement: COVID 19 and Occupational Health and Safety
COVID-19 is threatening the health and the livelihoods of workers globally. COVID-19 will also have major economic and employment impacts.…