Authorities in Kazakhstan Can’t Take a Joke
Temirlan Ensebek, a 25-year-old from Almaty, Kazakhstan, is under criminal investigation on charges of “disseminating knowingly false information” in connection…
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New FAO-led food security and nutrition report for Europe and Central Asia elaborates on the costs of a healthy diet
Affordable healthy diets can trigger positive development in nutrition, sustainability.
Recent workers’ victory reveals the rot in Uzbekistan’s public life
The much heralded privatisation of the Central Asian state’s cotton sector has led to claims of exploitation. But workers are…
ILO calls for resilient occupational safety and health systems for future emergencies
Better national occupational safety and health policies, institutional and regulatory frameworks, that are also integrated into crisis response, are needed,…
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…
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…