Soldiers finish cotton harvest in Turkmenistan
Conscripts have been harvesting the last of the cotton in at least two regions in Turkmenistan, as low pay and…
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Statement of Executive Committee of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic
On behalf of its members the BKDP Executive Committee expresses its deep indignation at continuing attacks of the authorities of…
Labour Rights Laboratory in Central Asia
The participants of the joint Labour Rights Laboratory run by the International Labour Rights Monitoring Mission in Central Asia as…
De glemte diktaturene
Skyting av streikende arbeidere, angrep på journalister og statsdrevet slavearbeid. Diktaturene i Sentral-Asia plager bokstavelig talt livet av egen befolkning…
Statement of PERC Youth Committee on Trade Unions in Kazakhstan
On October the 22nd 2018, the Pan-European Regional Council (PERC) Executive Committee adopted a recommendation to the ITUC General Council…
Kazakhstan: Stop repression and physical attacks on leaders of independent unions; hands off Larisa Kharkova, Erlan Baltabai and Dmitriy Senyavskiy
Support the campaign “Kazakhstan: Stop repression and physical attacks on leaders of independent unions; hands off Larisa Kharkova, Erlan Baltabai…
Campaigners challenge U.N. over forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry
Rights groups on Friday disputed findings by the United Nations showing Uzbekistan has nearly eliminated forced labor from its cotton…
Union activists face new repression and attacks in Kazakhstan
Early in November, Dmitry Seniyavskiy, a trade union leader of the local branch of the Fuel and Energy Workers’ Union…
Cotton pickers struggle with low pay, poor crop in southern Turkmenistan
Harvesting by hand remains the norm in the cotton fields of Turkmenistan’s southern Mary region. Despite reports in the state-run…
Farmers, frontline defenders against antimicrobial resistance
FAO marks World Antibiotic Awareness Week by calling on farmers to boost farm hygiene Farmers have a vital role to…