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Defending Human Rights in Uzbekistan
https://www.uzbekforum.org/
As we clear our desks for 2025, we would like to wish everyone who sees and shares our posts here a peaceful festive season and a happy new year. Our thoughts are with the brave activists in
#Uzbekistan
who are separated from their families for exercising their right to
#FreedomOfExpression
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9 days ago
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🇺🇿 Torture survivor makes desperate appeal following threats and intimidation while perpetrators walk free.
#Uzbekistan
#HumanRights
#RuleOfLaw
#Justice
bit.ly/48MMY2H
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After the Verdict, the Fear Continues: Gulirano Kosimova Warns of Threats and Retaliation
Gulirano Kosimova who recently won partial justice in a shocking case of beatings and abuse by the Uzbek authorities, has again spoken out in a recent video appeal. It marks a troubling escalation in…
https://bit.ly/48MMY2H
9 days ago
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🇺🇿 Public participation in development projects is the foundation of inclusive, sustainable investment, yet
@ebrd.bsky.social
is failing to collect data on stakeholder engagement, particularly in the agribusiness sector in
#Uzbekistan
as the
#IndoramaAgro
project has shown.
bit.ly/4pNLPhd
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More than just a few bad apples: If public engagement matters, why isn’t the EBRD tracking it? - Bankwatch
Civil society organisations and accountability mechanisms have repeatedly highlighted EBRD-financed projects in which the people affected have been marginalised, consultations have been superficial, a...
https://bit.ly/4pNLPhd
13 days ago
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Another victim of lawlessness in
#Uzbekistan's
agriculture sector as one woman battles against the authorities who illegally seized her land based on a falsified "voluntary" land lease termination. Kudos to Nasiba Turdieva for fighting back 💪🏼 ⚖️
bit.ly/4rJVYwR
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Land Taken, Justice Denied: An Uzbek Farmer’s Battle Against State Seizure
Nasiba Turdieva, a farmer from the Yakkabog district of Kashkadarya region, has been fighting for the past five years to keep the land that was illegally taken from her by order of the Yakkabog…
https://bit.ly/4rJVYwR
19 days ago
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🇺🇿 After being subjected to a horrific ordeal, this brave woman's testimony led to the convictions of the chief of the district police and his deputy. But 9 others walked away and returned to their jobs in law enforcement.
#Uzbekistan's
courts remain broken.
#RuleOfLaw
#Justice
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Partial Justice for Torture Victim: Two Officials Convicted – Another Nine Keep Their Jobs
The case of school principal Gulirano Kosimova, who was beaten, stripped naked and then filmed by several police officers, has become one of the most revealing human rights cases in Uzbekistan in 2025...
https://bit.ly/4oDUBNA
23 days ago
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It's not every day that justice is served in
#Uzbekistan
👏🏼 Gulinara Kosimova, a school principal, has shown remarkable courage to come forward and share her ordeal at the hands of law enforcement officials. It paid with their convictions ⚖️ 🧵
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27 days ago
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More 💐 for this year's
@frontlinedefenders.bsky.social
awardee Sharifa Madrakhimova: the
#Uzbek
blogsphere just voted her
#HumanRights
defender of the week after she successfully campaigned to stop the illegal felling of trees in her community in
#Fergana
. 👏🏼
about 1 month ago
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"If you don’t give the land now, tomorrow you’ll be in trouble."
#Uzbekistan's
bid to develop tourism has seen a spate of illegal land seizures and the expropriation of 3,000 ha of orchards. Again, the victims are farmers.
bit.ly/48kYVuH
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Uzbekistan’s Tourism Ambitions are Driving Illegal Land Seizures
Farmers in Parkent district of Tashkent region face intimidation, unlawful land confiscations and a coordinated pressure campaign A major tourism development planned in Parkent district of Tashkent…
https://bit.ly/48kYVuH
about 1 month ago
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The Diplomat
about 1 month ago
Forced evictions began in the spring in the neighborhood adjacent to the modest al-Maturidi mausoleum. Then the demolition began.
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Destruction in the Heart of Old Samarkand
Forced evictions began in the spring in the neighborhood adjacent to the modest al-Maturidi mausoleum. Then the demolition began.
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This is essential reading for those navigating
#Uzbekistan
in the post Karimov era. Great to see so many references to the work of
@uzbekforum.bsky.social
and colleagues at
@hrw.org
and
@cottoncampaign.bsky.social
. Congratulations,
@joannalillis.bsky.social
! 👏🏼
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about 1 month ago
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Is the victim on trial? On October 6, we reported the shocking case of a school principal who was brutally beaten by police officers who filmed it. The trial has now begun - behind closed doors without access for journalists. Comment
@umidaniyazova.bsky.social
#Uzbekistan
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Азаттык Центральная Азия on Instagram: "В Узбекистане продолжается судебное разбирательство по делу Гулирано Косимовой. Женщина утверждает, что сотрудники органов внутренних дел избили её, заставили р...
Жительница Ферганской области Узбекистана Гулирано Косимова утверждает, что была избита сотрудниками полиции и снята на видео. Оружем любыми преступниками, ждущими, истязали и угрожали ей, заставляя п...
https://bit.ly/49Z4G3E
about 1 month ago
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This is really terrible. A black day for the
#EU
. By forging alliances with the extreme right, European conservative parties have weakened supply chain compliance law beyond recognition. Companies are now less accountable for
#HumanRights
violations.
#CS3D
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about 1 month ago
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🇺🇿
#Samarkand
, the jewel in
#Uzbekistan's
#SilkRoad
, is now scarred by demolitions and forced evictions. These are blatant violations of
@unesco.org
heritage protection requirements.
bit.ly/4oFvgU5
@ladyputz.bsky.social
@thediplomat.com
@balaraj.bsky.social
@unsr-judges.bsky.social
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Destruction in the Heart of Old Samarkand
Forced evictions began in the spring in the neighborhood adjacent to the modest al-Maturidi mausoleum. Then the demolition began.
https://bit.ly/4oFvgU5
about 1 month ago
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“Agro-Terrorism” in Uzbekistan: the impunity of local officials to commit acts of violence, extortion, and retribution against farmers. And all in the name of ensuring
#cotton
and wheat quotas are fulfilled for the state. There are dozens of these stories. 🧵
bit.ly/4oXWGnW
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“Agro-Terrorism” in Uzbekistan: Farmers Punished for Planting Onions
In the Shurchi district of Surkhandarya region, around 80 farmers were forced onto buses late at night on October 31, 2025, and brought to a “meeting” with regional officials, escorted by police.
https://bit.ly/4oXWGnW
about 2 months ago
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While
#Uzbekistan's
President Mirziyoyev basks in the glory of hosting
@unesco.org
's General Conference in
#Samarkand
, activists are silenced amid forced evictions and demolitions of
#UNESCO
heritage sites.
#SilkRoad
#HumanRights
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Phone Lines Cut, Voices Blocked: How Uzbekistan Silenced Critics During the UNESCO Conference
The 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference is currently taking place in Samarkand. As local media enthusiastically report, this is the first time in 40 years that the conference is being held…
https://bit.ly/4hKRu4z
about 2 months ago
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"In recent years, Uzbek authorities have ramped up restrictions on human rights activism and freedom of expression, targeting activists, bloggers, and others, including with unfounded criminal charges."
#Uzbekistan
#HumanRights
#C5+1
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about 2 months ago
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As millions of dollars from IFIs pour into
#Uzbekistan
to improve water saving technologies, fraud, corruption and abuse of power by local authorities is causing massive debts for farmers.
@ebrd.bsky.social
#WorldBank
bit.ly/47zm4cC
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Uzbekistan’s Water Crisis Spells Debts for Farmers
At a time when saving water has become a matter of vital importance, it is no less crucial to monitor how the allocated funds are used.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/uzbekistans-water-crisis-spells-debts-for-farmers/
about 2 months ago
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VERY important - thank you
@oscemediafreedom.bsky.social
! Attacks on journalists, bloggers and activists in
#Uzbekistan
are increasing at an alarming rate, something we have reported extensively on over the last 3 years.
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about 2 months ago
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It's time for
#Uzbekistan
to start implementing their national and international rights obligations and for the international community to stop being sucked into the government's PR spin. Everything is not fine.
@unesco.org
@balaraj.bsky.social
@unsr-judges.bsky.social
#Samarkand
bit.ly/4oPiJNK
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Uzbekistan and UNESCO must address forced evictions at world heritage sites
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed concern about forced evictions and housing demolitions in the city centre of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site since 2001.
https://bit.ly/4oPiJNK
about 2 months ago
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"Fighting for human rights means defending the dignity of everyone," says journalist and rights defender Sharifa Madrakhimova, winner of this year's
@frontlinedefenders.bsky.social
Award for
#CentralAsia
.
#Uzbekistan
#HumanRights
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«Бороться за права человека — значит защищать достоинство каждого»
Шарифа Мадрахимова, лауреат международной премии Front Line Defenders 2025 специально для «Рабочей Политики» В Узбекистане тема прав человека остаётся болезненной и противоречивой. Несмотря на заявлен...
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2 months ago
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Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Uzbek journalist: "I don't trust UNESCO." This month,
@unesco.org
will hold its General Conference in Samarkand, one if its prized heritage zones, currently facing unbridled tourism development, impacting some of the region's most precious heritage sites.
bit.ly/3JeBLhj
#Uzbekistan
#Samarkand
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Uzbek journalist: "I don't trust UNESCO." This month,
@unesco.org
will hold its General Conference in Samarkand, one if its prized heritage zones, currently facing unbridled tourism development, impacting some of the region's most precious heritage sites.
bit.ly/3JeBLhj
#Uzbekistan
#Samarkand
2 months ago
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#HumanRights
are supposed to be a key element of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
@ec.europa.eu
is clearly ignoring all the alarm bells ringing in
#Uzbekistan
.
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2 months ago
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💐Delighted to see that fearless Uzbek rights defender and journalist Sharifa Madrakhimova was finally able to receive her award from
@frontlinedefenders.bsky.social
in person at
@odihr.pl
#WarsawHDC
after her passport was destroyed to prevent her from leaving
#Uzbekistan
.
#RepressionFail
👏🏼 🧵
2 months ago
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reposted by
Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Joanna Lillis
3 months ago
Join Silk Mirage on tour! Just over a month to publication of my book on
#Uzbekistan
by
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
, and some great events are coming up: Clifton LitFest w
@peterleonard1.bsky.social
, Pushkin House with Ibrat Safo, Royal Society for Asian Affairs with Sophie Ibbotson + much more!
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#WarsawHDC
@odihr.pl
: happening today! Join
@umidaniyazova.bsky.social
to discuss
#PressFreedom
in
#CentralAsia
organized by
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
@americanbar.org
and
#ClooneyFoundation
at 14:30-15:30, Meeting Room 2, Saski
@oscemediafreedom.bsky.social
3 months ago
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For those attending
#WarsawHDC
, be sure to make time for this panel on
#PressFreedom
in
#CentralAsia
organized by
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
,
@americanbar.org
and Clooney Foundation/Trial Watch with
@umidaniyazova.bsky.social
and others. Tomorrow, Thursday, 9 October:
3 months ago
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The
#Uzbek
government is learning the hard way that it takes more than a PR campaign to convince the world it is embracing civil society. Their event at
#WarsawHDC
is embarrassingly empty.....
3 months ago
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@ebrd.bsky.social
&
@ifcorg.bsky.social
investments in Indorama in
#Uzbekistan
resulted in massive rights violations. "Public finance should not be used to whitewash the reputations of repeat offenders in countries where civil society & institutions are under sustained attack."
bit.ly/4mYWYts
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EBRD’s toxic bond with Indorama: Funding polluter in Georgia’s shrinking democracy - Bankwatch
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues to back one of its most controversial clients in one of Europe’s most troubled democracies. Human rights, labour laws, and the env...
https://bit.ly/4mYWYts
3 months ago
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reposted by
Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Joanna Lillis
3 months ago
More about Silk Mirage and full list of book tour events - from Clifton LitFest with
@peterleonard1.bsky.social
and Royal Society for Asian Affairs with Sophie Ibbotson to Oxford University and UCL on my Substack here
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Today we note the impact of our reporting: Our
#HumanRights
alert made waves on Uzbek media, prompting an investigation by the Business Ombudsman. Let's hope it's prompt and transparent and ends in accountability!
t.me/biznes_ombud...
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3 months ago
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reposted by
Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Andrew Stroehlein
3 months ago
New newsletter launched: "International Affairs for Normal People" - read my first post and subscribe. It's free:
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/normal-peopl...
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“Normal People”? What?
I am not really an expert in anything. However, I have some experience in dealing with experts. Over the last couple decades, I’ve been privileged to work closely with brilliant people in internationa...
https://www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/normal-people-what/
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Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Joanna Lillis
3 months ago
Revered founding father or despised despotic dictator? Check out my new Substack post on attitudes to the late president Islam Karimov in the New
#Uzbekistan
that his sucessor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, says he is building.
open.substack.com/pub/joannali...
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The Cult of Karimov
Despotic dictator or founding father? Uzbekistan is struggling to come to terms with the legacy of its first president, who died nine years ago this month.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joannalillis/p/the-cult-of-karimov?r=awgla&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Fascinating episode of Turan Tales podcast by
@aga-pik.bsky.social
on the Soviet influence on
#CentralAsian
music and the evolution of estrada 👏🏼🕺🏼🇺🇿
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Episode 15: Looking back at the 'Estrada' - pop music of Soviet Central Asia
TURAN TALK with Leora Eisenberg, an American historian and PhD student at Harvard
https://bit.ly/48xpJJV
3 months ago
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Since July this year, we have been posting weekly
#HumanRights
alerts, reporting on serious issues from inside
#Uzbekistan
that international audiences might not otherwise see. So far, we have collected 18 stories you should know about:
bit.ly/47KGu4a
3 months ago
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📢 New
#HumanRights
alert: We have documented dozens of reports of arbitrary acts of violence against farmers in recent months. How does this promote sustainable
#cotton
from
#Uzbekistan
?? Hold those responsible to account now!
bit.ly/46m1Oul
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Arbitrary Police Brutality Against Farmers is not Compatible with a Sustainable Cotton Sector
Azizjon Tojiboev and Gairatjon Khairullaev, successful and hardworking farmers from Rishton district of Fergana region, became victims of senseless and illegal arbitrary violence at the hands of local...
https://bit.ly/46m1Oul
3 months ago
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🇺🇿 Punished for Obedience: Without addressing the motivation and incentives for officials to forcibly mobilize pickers,
#Uzbekistan’s
#cotton
fields remain a high risk environment for
#ForcedLabor
:
bit.ly/4n5SWjC
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Punished for Obedience: Officials Become Victims of Uzbekistan’s Cotton System
Dilfuza Toshmatova, deputy hokim of Sariosiyo district of Surkhandarya region, became the first casualty of this year’s cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, which has faced a shortage of pickers for the past…
https://bit.ly/4n5SWjC
3 months ago
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#Uzbekistan
: Blogger & activist Valijon Kalonov has been held in forced psychiatric detention for exercising his freedom of expression since December 2021. RELEASE HIM NOW!
bit.ly/3VhWDXj
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Free Valijon Kalonov Now!
Valijon Kalonov, a 55-year-old Uzbek blogger and social media activist, is currently being held in forced psychiatric detention in Samarkand. An opinion issued by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary…
https://bit.ly/3VhWDXj
3 months ago
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📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢📢 PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE!: Wrongfully imprisoned activist Dildora Khakimova who is suffering from breast cancer must be released immediately to receive life-saving medical treatment!
#Uzbekistan
#HumanRights
bit.ly/42tn6oL
3 months ago
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Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Coalition for Human Rights in Development
4 months ago
📢 Our new report is out now! Germany’s development bank
#KfW
- while branding its operations as "responsible banking" - is fueling reprisals, displacement & environmental destruction. Read more👇
rightsindevelopment.org/kfw-irrespon...
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📢 Uzbek Forum is posting on Linked In:
www.linkedin.com/company/uzbe...
Follow us for lots of updates on
#HumanRights
in
#Uzbekistan
!
4 months ago
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! UPDATE ! After this incident was widely reported, the Ministry of Poverty Reduction & Employment announced that Dilfuza Tashmatova was fined 20.6 million UZS ($1,650) under Article 51 of the Administrative Code on Coercion to Labor.
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4 months ago
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#Uzbekistan
:
#Cotton
harvest 2025 off to a bumpy start as official threatens local council (mahalla) staff with dismissal for failing to recruit enough cotton pickers. It's time the Uzbek government finally abolishes the mechanisms that can result in
#ForcedLabor
.
bit.ly/42mfiVE
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Deputy hokim of Sariosiyo district, Surkhandarya region, forces mahalla employees to find pickers
The deputy hokim for family and women’s affairs of Sariosiyo district, Surkhandarya region, Dilfuza Tashmatova, has been recorded forcing a “women’s activist” – one of seven employees of the mahalla…
https://bit.ly/42mfiVE
4 months ago
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Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Coalition for Human Rights in Development
4 months ago
📢 Join us this Wednesday, Sept 10th, for the online launch of our new report "#KfW: Irresponsible Banking”, with human rights defenders from
#Mexico
&
#Indonesia
+ Pichamon Yeophantong, chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights ⏩Register here
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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#Uzbekistan
: Farmer in Kashkadarya sees no way out following threats and intimidation by local governor in Shakhrisabz. This is a cry for HELP!
bit.ly/3HSMPjv
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Uzbek Farmer: “I would like the truth to be told.”
“Before I begin this interview, I want to say that if I am alive tomorrow, or if I am arrested tomorrow, or if I disappear, the responsibility for this will lie with the hokim of Shakhrisabz district…
https://bit.ly/3HSMPjv
4 months ago
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🔥Latest
#HumanRightsAlert
: Police violence in
#Uzbekistan
- One victim had to have his spleen removed, another sustained 4 serious injuries including a perforated eardrum. No accountability, just multiple violations of national and international law 😡
bit.ly/45P89zG
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Police violence in Uzbekistan: two cases, few answers
Police violence in Uzbekistan: two cases, few answers Evidence-backed allegations in Kashkadarya and Namangan highlight persistent abuse of power and impunity of officials. This article is based on a…
https://bit.ly/45P89zG
4 months ago
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UN experts urge
#UNCAC
States Parties to safeguard civic space & uphold human rights in anti-corruption efforts.
#Uzbekistan's
restrictions on
#FreedomOfSpeeech
and
#FreedomOfAssociation
undermine these efforts.
@uncaccoalition.bsky.social
bit.ly/4p43Mbq
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UN experts urge UNCAC States Parties to safeguard civic space and uphold human rights in anti-corruption efforts
GENEVA – UN experts* today called on States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) to take concrete action at the upcoming 11th UNCAC Conference of States Parties (CoSP) t...
https://bit.ly/4p43Mbq
4 months ago
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#Uzbekistan
: "The Charvak issue is dead - it was killed." Radio Ozodlik reports that Uzbek journalists and bloggers are banned from speaking and writing about concerns over the
#SeaBreeze
tourism project on
#Charvak
reservoir.
#FreedomOfSpeech
#Environment
bit.ly/3I0sSXV
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OZODNEWS: Москвада мигрантлар “Амина” иловаси орқали рўйхатдан ўтиши шарт қилиб қўйилди | Украинага босқин: 1281-кун
OZODNEWS дастурининг навбатдаги сони билан танишинг!
https://bit.ly/3I0sSXV
4 months ago
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#Uzbekistan
: UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing expresses serious concern related to the forced eviction of > 1,500 residents and ongoing and planned demolition of approx. 220 homes near
@unesco.org
protected site Abu Mansur al-Maturidi mausoleum in
#Samarkand
. 🧵
4 months ago
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In a bid to become the
#Disneyland
of
#CentralAsia
, the Uzbek government has given the green light to the destruction of a
@unesco.org
heritage site, the Al-Moturidi complex in
#Samarkand
, literally bulldozing homes to boost tourism. Important background by Farida Charif:
bit.ly/3JDGUiI
4 months ago
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