New Social Contract: Five workers’ demands for recovery and resilience
The ITUC is setting out five key demands from working people to build recovery and resilience, putting people and the…
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Uzbekistan joins EU’s GSP+ arrangement
The EU has accepted the Republic of Uzbekistan as the 9th beneficiary country of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable…
Cotton Production in Turkmenistan: Use of Forced Labor in an Inefficient System
Amsterdam/Vienna, 23 March 2021. Two Turkmen non-governmental organizations, turkmen.news and the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights, have today published their…
THE TIME FOR WORDS HAS PASSED. UZBEKISTAN SHOULD SIMPLIFY THE RULES FOR REGISTRATION OF NGOS AND LEGITIMIZE CIVIL SOCIETY VOICES
According to the state register of NGOs, 9,200 non-governmental organizations, national and regional, are registered and operating in Uzbekistan today.…
UZBEKISTAN COTTON HARVEST 2020: HIGHLIGHTS – VIDEO
Despite significant progress on the eradication of forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector, new challenges have come to light since…
Fashion Brands Urged to Boycott Turkmenistan’s Cotton
Global fashion brands have been yet again pressed to avoid cotton from Turkmenistan after a new investigation emerged last week…
JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION IN UZBEKISTAN
On March 19, 2021, over 200 employees of Indorama Agro in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan held a meeting to…
Cotton workers form the first independent trade union in Uzbekistan
The first independent and democratic trade union organization has been formed in Uzbekistan. On March 19, 2021, 335 workers from…
Harassment, Bullying, and Violence against Women in Uzbekistan.
The issues of harassment, bullying, and violence against women in Uzbekistan are being covered with greater frequency in the national…
The Kazakh Authorities Continue Their Crack-Down on Independent Unions
The persecution of independent trade unions continues in the Republic of Kazakhstan. On February 5, 2021, by decision of Judge…