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…
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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…
Kazakhstan: Attack on Trade Union Leader
Dmitry Senyavskii, leader of the Karaganda region industrial-tier fuel and energy trade union, was hospitalized. His injuries prevented him from…
Uzbekistan tries to end the use of forced labour in the cotton fields
In some ways, there is nothing surprising about the videos that have been doing the rounds on social media in…
Forced labor remains the norm in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields
Thousands of people in Turkmenistan are again being forced to pick cotton. The autumn harvest began, however, on a positive…
Journalist Detained for Exposing Hokim Ordering Teachers and Doctors to Pick Cotton
On the evening of October 25, the journalist found out that the hokim of the Kushkupir district was holding a…
Teachers in Turkmenistan forced to pick cotton during fall break
Teachers in Turkmenistan’s second largest city, Turkmenabat, are having to spend their fall break picking cotton. Schools closed on October…
Kyrgyzstan: The Supreme Court overturns the decision of the lower court designating Reports of FIDH Member Organisations as “Extremist”
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan granted the petition of FIDH member organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan challenging the lower court’s…