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.
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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…
The World’s Worst Country for Journalists
Last month the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan overtook North Korea to become most repressive media environment in the world,…
Uzbek Human Rights Defenders Appeal to International Companies Not to Lift Boycott of Uzbek Cotton
In the last few years, the government of Uzbekistan has undertaken reforms aimed at ending forced labor in its cotton…
Kyrgyz unions oppose anti-union law
IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in Kyrgyzstan are demanding the withdrawal of a draft law on trade unions, which significantly undermines…
In Karakalpakstan, a farmer was pulled from a noose. Shortly before, his land had been taken away.
A video was published on the Ozodlik Radio website showing how doctors provided first aid to the farmer who was…
In Namangan, hundreds of hectares sown with vegetables were destroyed to increase cotton production
Radio Ozodlik spoke with farmers from the Pap district of the Namangan region, who reported that the local authorities had…