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Defending Human Rights in Uzbekistan
https://www.uzbekforum.org/
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
4 days 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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7 days 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/
7 days 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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7 days 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
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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
10 days 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...
https://bit.ly/49oO1q2
13 days ago
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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
14 days ago
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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
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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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17 days 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
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21 days ago
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Joanna Lillis
about 1 month 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
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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:
about 1 month 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.....
about 1 month 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...
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about 1 month ago
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Joanna Lillis
about 1 month 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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about 1 month ago
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Andrew Stroehlein
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 2 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
about 2 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
about 2 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
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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
about 2 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
about 2 months ago
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Coalition for Human Rights in Development
about 2 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
!
about 2 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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#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
2 months ago
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Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
Coalition for Human Rights in Development
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 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
. 🧵
2 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
2 months ago
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📢 Public petition protesting controversial
#Charvak
Reservoir/
#SeaBreeze
project which endangers the drinking water supply for
#Tashkent
and region removed from social media. No public participaton, transparency or environmental impact assessment:
bit.ly/45AVFve
3 months ago
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📢Latest
#HumanRightsAlert
: From Forced Labor to Forced Dependency – The Struggle of Uzbekistan’s Cotton Cooperatives Ahead of this year's
#cotton
harvest, it's time the Uzbek Government lived up to its commitments and empowered the farmers!
bit.ly/4oMGWF6
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From Forced Labor to Forced Dependency – The Struggle of Uzbekistan’s Cotton Cooperatives
Chairman of the Hosildor Oltintola cooperative, Abdurasul Haitov © Kun.uz Uzbekistan’s cotton sector, long associated with state control and forced labor, is now facing a different but equally…
https://bit.ly/4oMGWF6
3 months ago
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Conferences Alone Won’t Fix the Struggle of
#Uzbekistan’s
Farmers Amid Unpaid Debts, Exclusion, and Violence:
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Conferences Alone Won’t Fix the Struggle of Uzbekistan’s Farmers Amid Unpaid Debts, Exclusion, and Violence | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
https://bit.ly/47ATzNb
3 months ago
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Justice in
#Uzbekistan
: Prominent lawyer Sergei Mayorov offers an insider account of what it’s like to defend clients in a system rigged from the outset. “These are not judges. They are officials carrying out the state’s will.”
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“The Conscience of Uzbek Justice”: Sergei Mayorov’s Fight Against a Legal System Built on Fear | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
https://bit.ly/3UR0Ctz
3 months ago
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The
#Uzbek
government has approved plans for a mega tourist resort at Charvak reservoir near Tashkent that serves 4 million people without any environmental impact assessment or public consultation and involves the seizure of 577 hectares of land. 🧵
bit.ly/4m0xThQ
#SaveChorvoq
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Uzbekistan Approves Controversial ‘Sea Breeze Project’ at Charvak Reservoir - The Times Of Central Asia
The Uzbek government has approved the contentious “Sea Breeze Uzbekistan” project at the Charvak reservoir in Tashkent region, despite vocal opposition from
https://bit.ly/4m0xThQ
3 months ago
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The
#Uzbek
government has approved plans for a mega tourist resort at Charvak reservoir near Tashkent that serves 4 million people without any environmental impact assessment or public consultation and involves the seizure of 577 hectares of land. 🧵
bit.ly/4m0xThQ
#SaveChorvoq
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Uzbekistan Approves Controversial ‘Sea Breeze Project’ at Charvak Reservoir - The Times Of Central Asia
The Uzbek government has approved the contentious “Sea Breeze Uzbekistan” project at the Charvak reservoir in Tashkent region, despite vocal opposition from
https://bit.ly/4m0xThQ
3 months ago
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"The case of
#HumanRights
defenderGulnoz Mamarasulova should serve as a wake-up call. If
#Uzbekistan
is truly committed to democratic reforms and its international obligations, it must reverse course, and begin treating civil society not as a threat, but as an indispensable ally."
bit.ly/40P7Im1
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Legal Pressure on Civil Society: The Case of Gulnoz Mamarasulova Highlights Threats to Freedom of Association in Uzbekistan – Association Central Asia
https://bit.ly/40P7Im1
3 months ago
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🎧Must listen
@aga-pik.bsky.social
& filmmaker Shahida Tulaganova: The
#CentralAsian
migrants making hard choices between risking their lives on
#Ukraine's
battlefields or unemployment at home. A tribute to the work of Bahrom Hamroev imprisoned in
#Russia
for trying to help them.
bit.ly/4kUrh3i
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Episode 11: Who’s left to defend Central Asian migrants in Russia?
TURAN TALK with Shahida Tulaganova on “Spirit Untamed,” her documentary about Bahrom Hamroev
https://bit.ly/4kUrh3i
4 months ago
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🚨HumanRightsAlert🚨
#Uzbekistan
"You have one month, after which you will all die in disgrace." Thuggish behaviour from a top Uzbek official to ensure production targets are met for grain and
#cotton
.
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4 months ago
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The Times of Central Asia
4 months ago
Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan's ancient city, faces UNESCO danger list as restoration efforts focus on preserving its Timurid monuments
timesca.com/timurs-birth...
#Uzbekistan
#Shakhrisabz
#UNESCOWorldHeritage
#HeritageSite
#CulturalPreservation
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Timur’s Birthplace Languishes on UNESCO List of Endangered Sites - The Times Of Central Asia
Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva. Uzbekistan’s cultural heritage draws visitors from around the world, but the troubled modern history of another ancient site,
https://timesca.com/timurs-birthplace-languishes-on-unesco-list-of-endangered-sites/
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Uzbek Presidential Advisor for Agriculture: “Their ears should be cut off” - Leaked Videos Reveal the Brutal Methods of Shukhrat Ganiev, Presidential Advisor for Agriculture.
#Uzbekistan
#Cotton
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Uzbek Presidential Advisor for Agriculture: “Their ears should be cut off” | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
https://bit.ly/46VfRsI
4 months ago
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#HumanRightsAlert
🚨 The abuse and misery of
#Uzbekistan's
farmers continues - utter lawlessness: Farmers in Fergana region forced to deliver extra grain or get cut off from electricity and water.
bit.ly/4lV9aLr
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Farmers who do not deliver additional grain are being cut off from electricity and water | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
https://bit.ly/4lV9aLr
4 months ago
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‘You Need a Man’: How Sexual Harassment and Patriarchy Silence Women in
#Uzbekistan
Disturbing report on impunity and indifference
@thediplomat.com
bit.ly/3GLfLJD
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‘You Need a Man’: How Sexual Harassment and Patriarchy Silence Women in Uzbekistan
When the law functions more as a threat than a safeguard, silence becomes a survival strategy. And in that silence, impunity flourishes.
https://bit.ly/3GLfLJD
4 months ago
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#HumanRightsAlert
🚨
#Uzbekistan
: Another farmer at the mercy of abusive officials in Surkhandarya region. Water cut off for refusing to deliver surplus grain. His whole
#cotton
crop is now at risk
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social
bit.ly/4eR8g0b
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Uzbek Farmer Punished with Water Cutoff After Refusing to Surrender Extra Grain to the State | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
https://bit.ly/4eR8g0b
4 months ago
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