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Journalist Detained for Exposing Hokim Ordering Teachers and Doctors to Pick Cotton

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-31

On the evening of October 25, the journalist found out that the hokim of the Kushkupir district was holding a meeting with the principals of schools and kindergartens and heads of rural medical institutions to discuss the mobilization of their employees to pick cotton. Ruzmetov immediately went to the hokimiyat and recorded the meeting on his mobile phone. When the hokim noticed the journalist’s presence, he interrupted the meeting.

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Teachers in Turkmenistan forced to pick cotton during fall break

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-29

Teachers in Turkmenistan’s second largest city, Turkmenabat, are having to spend their fall break picking cotton. Schools closed on October 21st for the whole nine-day break for the first time in 15 years, and teachers and maintenance staff are having to work in the cotton fields every day.

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Kyrgyzstan: The Supreme Court overturns the decision of the lower court designating Reports of FIDH Member Organisations as “Extremist”

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-23

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan granted the petition of FIDH member organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan challenging the lower court’s designation of reports by Bir Duino and Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) “Memorial” as “extremist” and banning the activities of ADC “Memorial”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) welcomes the decision, but calls on the judicial authorities to stop any judicial harassment against the two NGOs or censure of their reports upon reconsideration

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October 1st Turkmenistan Protest

VideoBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-16

On October 1, 2018, the Cotton Campaign organized a protest in front of the United Nations in New York City. This protest demanded an end of forced labor in the Turkmen cotton industry and the immediate release of Gaspar Matalaev, a journalist detained for reporting on Turkmenistan’s forced labor practices.

Review of the KR legislation on creation of a list of extremist materials

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-16

In March this year, during the review of the official website of the KR Ministry of Justice, a list of extremist materials was found in the Activities section. Upon careful examination, it was revealed that in the document entitled “List of legal entities and Internet sites banned on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic” item No. 26 in the column “Name of legal entity (organization)” contained the following: Report of ADC Memorial submitted by the Human Rights Movement: Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan and the human rights organization Freedom House entitled: “A Chronicle of Violence: the Events in the South of Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 (Osh region)”, and in the column “Grounds for including a legal entity in the List”: “Decision of Oktyabrskiy District Court of Bishkek as of 05.01.17”, and in the final column “Category of legal entity (organization)” it is indicated: “Extremist”.

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Cotton Harvest Chronicle 2018, Issue 3

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-16

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) continues to monitor forced labor during this year’s cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. UGF monitors collecting information in seven out of Uzbekistan’s 13 regions are recording massive forced mobilization to pick cotton or the demand to pay for replacement workers.

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Turkmenistan: Free Gaspar Matalaev, end forced and child labour

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-16

Human rights defender Gaspar Matalaev has now spent more than two years in prison for the ‘crime’ of documenting the massive use of forced labour in the cotton fields of Turkmenistan.

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Turkmenistan’s cotton harvest campaign continues despite stillborn crop

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-11

In Turkmenistan, it is half-way through the cotton harvesting season. Despite the crop failure and empty cotton fields, local government officials hold daily meetings with chiefs of institutions and demand more people in the fields and more cotton to meet the state plan

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Twelve major brands sign Turkmen Cotton Pledge

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-10-01

To coincide with the Turkmen president’s attendance at the UN General Assembly – the first time since 2015 – apparel companies and global investors have expressed disapproval regarding the nation’s use of statesponsored forced labour in Turkmenistan’s cotton sector.
As a method to remedy this, twelve apparel brands and retailers from around the world have signed the Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) Turkmen Cotton Pledge, committing not to source cotton from Turkmenistan until forced labour has been eliminated.

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French Journalist Detained In Kazakhstan While Preparing Report On 2011 Deadly Protests

NewsBy news@labourmission.org 2018-09-28

Prado’s interpreter, Danara Ismetova, told RFE/RL by phone that police on September 27 detained her and Prado in Aqtau, the capital of the Manghystau region, and took them to a local police station.

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