Head of District Educational Department: “Teachers, not the farmers need the cotton”
On 21 July 2017, the Uzbek website www.sof.uz posted the audio recording of a meeting of school directors and heads…
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Kazakhstan: Sentencing of Union Leader a Travesty of Justice
The ITUC has condemned the sentence handed down against trade union leader Larisa Kharkova by a Kazakhstan court today as…
Apotheosis of Kyrgyz justice
The President of Kyrgyzstan once again celebrates his victory. Almazbek Atambayev could manage to outdo his predecessors in his state…
Tukmenistan
The Government of Turkmenistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making…
World Bank funds linked to forced labour in Uzbekistan
Report by human rights groups says Bank-funded projects in the country’s cotton industry are using child and forced labour. The…
Uzbekistan: Forced Labor Linked to World Bank. Systematic Violations Underpin Country’s Cotton Sector
(Brussels) – The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to forced and child labor…
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan remain in the lowest possible ranking in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan remain in the lowest possible ranking in the annual Trafficking in Persons Report (Washington, DC) — Today…
IndustriALL takes workers’ and union rights to the International Labour Conference
After two weeks full of intense activity and meetings the International Labour Conference ended in Geneva on 17 June
Uzbekistan: The Hard Labor Behind Soft Silk
As has always happened at the end of every May, Nasiba Barkasheva’s home burst with frenetic activity as the silkworm…
Human Rights Defender Nuraddin Jumaniyazov dies in detention
After six months it has become known that Nuraddin Jumaniyozov (68), who planned to set up a trade union for…