How to increase the efficiency of the agricultural land use
Starting 2022, the farm land lease agreements will be terminated with those farms which did not develop multifunctional operations. Farmers…
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Turkmenistan: 2017 Findings of Forced Labor Monitoring during Cotton Harvesting
Despite Turkmenistan’s international commitments to suppress the use of forced or compulsory labor in all its forms, in 2017 the…
Female nurses in Tashkent are forced to clean in low-income houses for free
In Tashkent, female employees of health clinics, schools, and kindergartens are forced to clean in low-income houses in the Sergeli…
Report on the results of the Youth March to Support Women’s Rights Protection in Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the International Women’s March worldwide campaign to support women’s rights around the world
On January 20, 2018 at 3 p.m. at the monument of Urkuya Saliyeva (at the crossing of Chui ave. and…
Kazakhstan Events of 2017
As the Kazakh government hosted high-profile international events, including EXPO 2017, an annual international exhibition, and several rounds of Syria…
Kyrgyzstan. Events of 2017
The 2017 presidential election was won by Sooronbai Jeenbekov and marked the second time since independence in 1991 that Kyrgyzstan…
Uzbekistan Events of 2017
In the year-and-a-half since Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed power following the death of his predecessor, Islam Karimov, he has…
Turkmenistan. Events of 2017
Turkmenistan remains one of the world’s most closed and oppressively governed countries. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his associates control all…
Tajikistan. Events of 2017
Tajikistan’s human rights record worsened further in 2017, as authorities deepened a severe, widespread crackdown on free expression and association,…
Cotton: Investigation into the Reverse Side of our T-shirts
French TV airs two-hour documentary about the Uzbek cotton industry On November 28, the French TV channel France 2, broadcast a two-hour…