In Namangan, hundreds of hectares sown with vegetables were destroyed to increase cotton production
Radio Ozodlik spoke with farmers from the Pap district of the Namangan region, who reported that the local authorities had…
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UGF Report: Despite Progress, Systemic Forced Labor Persists in Uzbekistan’s 2018 Cotton Harvest Cotton Campaign Urges Further Reform
The report is based on 70 in-depth interviews, including with officials, 300 field visits, and monitoring of more than 100…
ILO Cites Dramatic Drop in Uzbek Use of Forced Labor
The International Labor Organization is reporting a dramatic 48 percent reduction last year in the use of forced and child…
Kazakhstan: Judge’s complaint alarms legal profession
A lawyer in Kazakhstan known for taking on politically sensitive cases is fighting off a judicial complaint that could lead…
Major Reversal as US Lifts Uzbek Cotton Import Ban
The United States has lifted a ban on Uzbekistan cotton from entering the country, citing a significant reduction in the…
Kazakh Activist In Restive Town Arrested, Charged With Hooliganism
A court in Kazakhstan’s southwestern town of Zhanaozen on March 26 ordered a leader of recent protests staged by jobless…
Independent Journalists Under Pressure in Turkmenistan
The few independent journalists living in Turkmenistan are coming under continuing pressure from the country’s special services. On March 11…
Head of Gurlen District Assaults Farmer
Uzbek-German Forum has received an audio recording of Alisher Salayev, the head of the Gurlen district of the Khorezm region,…
RFE/RL Kazakh Correspondent Detained Again In Restive Zhanaozen
An RFE/RL correspondent in Kazakhstan has been fined after being detained for the third time in weeks in the restive…