🇺🇿 Is there no end to the impunity of local officials in #Uzbekistan? Farmers allege forced land seizures and destruction of nearly 300 ha of wheat for the benefit of Chinese investors 😡: tinyurl.com/7aarwhnv #Farmers #HumanRights #LandRights 🧵

‼️NEW complaint filed @ebrd.bsky.social by workers at Indorama Agro #cotton company, co-financed by @ifcorg.bsky.social & @adb.org. They allege almost identical labor rights violations and retaliations to those reported in another complaint we filed in August 2023: tinyurl.com/3c44wkb7 🧵1/

🇺🇿 ОТБнинг таъқибларга нисбатан “мутлақо тоқатсизлик” сиёсати Ўзбекистондаги қўрқув ва сукут воқелиги қаршисида tinyurl.com/4cbadzzd @adb.org

Принципы «нулевой терпимости» к репрессиям Азиатского банка развития и реалии страха и преследований в Узбекистане tinyurl.com/f66674cs

🇺🇿 "It is difficult to imagine a more fitting illustration of the very issue under discussion: a civil society representative being obstructed from taking part in a panel about repression against civil society." What happened at the @adb.org Annual Meeting in #Samarkand tinyurl.com/y6rh62x8

🇺🇿 On April 28, 78 farmers in #Andijan region appealed for intervention in the case of #cotton cluster Al Hakim which they say owes them 5 billion UZS for cotton they delivered last year. Farmers allege the cluster deceived them by making them sign a document confirming payment: t.co/9pgmJA1nk0 1/

🇺🇿 "Human rights monitoring & reporting is perceived by the govt as critical of policy & harmful to the economy. Silencing is seen as a way to eliminate the problems. But the opposite is true. Reporting on real conditions does not harm the economy, ignoring them does." www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAyx...

👀 It’s amazing how determined the Uzbek security services are to prevent public participation at @adb.org Annual Meeting in Samarkand. Spooks on every corner, harassment of rights defenders and police enquiries at hotels sending very negative signals to international investors.

Today's session on #reprisals at the @adb.org Annual Meeting could not be more timely. In the past week, our friends at @uzbekforum.bsky.social joining the #ADBAGM26 have been experiencing - once again - constant harassment and reprisals. This needs to stop. (1/2)

🇺🇿 Look forward to returning to #Samarkand to attend the Annual Meeting of @adb.org & discuss the impact of retaliations on public participation & why restrictions on freedoms of association & expression pose serious challenges for due diligence & compliance: tinyurl.com/3vtva2jp 1/

🇺🇿 Jizzakh Industrial To'quima #cotton cluster has not paid farmers since 2023 leaving them in crippling debt. Authorities still insist they pay tax on income they have not received. Farmers say they cannot afford fertilizers or fuel for this year's harvest. Not an isolated case. kun.uz/kr/87940993

🇺🇿 #FreedomOfExpression has again become a crime in #Uzbekistan. Blogger jailed for “Insulting the President Online”. Much of the evidence based on shared posts already in the public domain and private messages. tinyurl.com/5n7hrf5z

🇺🇿 As #Uzbekistan prepares to host @adb.org Annual Meeting in beautiful #Samarkand, residents are raising concerns about damage to done to the precious #heritage site, Gur-e-Amir mausoleum, in the interests of #development.... #UNESCO tinyurl.com/4kha94da

🇺🇿 We recently reported on mass fake claims of © infringment targeting #HumanRights activists & journalists, resulting in automatic suspension of social media accounts. Today #Facebook restored the account of journalist Aleksey Volosevich of AsiaTerra: no copyright violations! tinyurl.com/4x22cjma

Prison term extensions were commonly used against political prisoners in #Uzbekistan under Karimov. Now jailed Karakalpak activist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov is on trial on a charge that could see 10 years added to his 16-year term. Background @eurasianet.bsky.social eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-k...

🇺🇿 Algorithm and AI moderation systems faile to detect fake copyright violations: Activists silenced amid increasing suspension of #Facebook and #YouTube accounts 🤐. #FreedomOfSpeech, anyone? tinyurl.com/vs5mawj6

“Our goal is for #Uzbek cotton to be fully free of its legacy of coercion,” says @umidaniyazova.bsky.social tinyurl.com/hnkzfft9

Who invited these creeps to #Uzbekistan? The Tate brothers, who spread vile mysogyny online, are facing charges of rape and #HumanTrafficking in Romania and the UK. Uzbek women are already highly vulnerable to male violence - this is deeply insulting. Background via this link: tinyurl.com/dabp76yh

🕯️A light has gone out in #Uzbekistan. Prominent #humanrights defender, journalist and poet, Karim Bahriev, died aged 64. He co-authored our first report documenting #forcedlabor in the #cotton harvest in 2012: "It's not a plant, it's politics" (link in thread). 1/ tinyurl.com/4mebjad4

🇺🇿 Great listen by CAPS Unlock with @joannalillis.bsky.social & @peterleonard1.bsky.social discussing Joanna's excellent book Silk Mirage. Includes commentary on @uzbekforum.bsky.social research on #ForcedLabor & the exploitation of farmers in the #cotton sector. tinyurl.com/2s4697k7

🆘 The case of Dildora Khakimova, teacher, mother of three and social justice activist suffering from cancer, is one of the cruelest we have come across. Both she & Valijon Kalonov, currently held in a closed psychiatric clinic, should be released immediately. #Uzbekistan #HumanRights bit.ly/4dHEBbf

Local officials in #Uzbekistan are notorious for arbitrary interventions and are seldom held accountable. This time, teachers are subjected to humiliation because their pupils did not recite a poem to the satisfaction of the governor Shohrukh Boltayev in Navoi region. tinyurl.com/dcv3tvc5

Great to see the work of brave human rights defenders working on labour rights in #Uzbekistan documented in the Sage Journal 👏🏼 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @sbs.strath.ac.uk @acadpubnews.bsky.social #cotton #humanrights #supplychains #duediligence #forcedlabour journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

👏🏼 The voices of farmers in #Uzbekistan are finally being heard! Online survey launched by the Business Ombudsman includes critical questions relating to transparency of officials, administrative pressure, and land leases. Caveat - seems anyone can take part.... 🤔 bit.ly/4r5wSqx

🇺🇿Labour laws must be backed by practical safeguards; #Uzbekistan’s labour reforms fail to protect farmers from abuse bit.ly/4r2vMvT

Great to see so much coverage of our report on farmers in the #Uzbek media 👏🏼 Scroll down for more: 1/ Podcast from BBC O'zbek bit.ly/3ZVjlHe

Following our report last week on exploitation of farmers in #Uzbekistan, we warmly welcome today's announcement of public events to support farmers throughout the country, along with a hotline for submitting proposals and raising complaints. 👏 bit.ly/4kRAR8F

Farmers, Courts, and Investors: Examining Recent Land Disputes in #Uzbekistan timesca.com/farmers-cour...

"Sie dachte, sie wäre unantastbar." Der tiefe Fall von Gulnara Karimova, Tochter des ehemaligen Präsidenten und einstige Prinzessin von Usbekistan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adua... Kommentare @umidaniyazova.bsky.social #Karimova #Korruption #Usbekistan

🇺🇿 When the Sardoba dam collapsed in 2020 resulting in the loss of many thousands of homes and livelihoods, the Uzbek government promised compensation. 6 years later and many are still without homes. Now peaceful protestors are being heavily fined. bit.ly/4rq6XLg

📽️ A new report @uzbekforum.bsky.social & @hrw.org documents the hardships, pressure, intimidation, and threats faced by #cotton & wheat farmers in #Uzbekistan today. These six farmers tell their stories: bit.ly/4rxuYjK

1/2 Today is World Social Justice Day. ⚖️ We dedicate it to the Uzbek farmers who are at risk of forced labour and human rights violations, under the state’s coercive production system, as documented in a new joint report by @uzbekforum.bsky.social and @hrw.org. www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

@cottoncampaign.bsky.social: "Farmers in #Uzbekistan should be allowed to exercise their fundamental right to #FreedomOfAssociation, which is essential to eliminate ongoing risks of #ForcedLabor in the #cotton sector." tinyurl.com/4edr7dk6

👇 Check out this new report by @uzbekforum.bsky.social & @hrw.org, exposing how cotton & wheat farmers in #Uzbekistan face coercion, abuse, penalties (e.g. land seizure for not meeting quotas) and are at risk of #ForcedLabour, despite years of proclaimed reforms. www.uzbekforum.org/uzbekistan-c...

#Uzbekistan & #Cotton: cotton pickers are no longer forced to pick cotton, but farmers are still locked into a system that puts them at risk of exploitation and conditions of forced labor. Article by @umidaniyazova.bsky.social @thediplomat.com tinyurl.com/2c44tht2

📢 Out today! A new joint report @uzbekforum.bsky.social & @hrw.org based on 75 interviews with farmers in 6 regions of #Uzbekistan & Republic of #Karakalpakstan, expose egregious exploitation of #cotton and wheat farmers. Read the report here: bit.ly/3OgLnu9

For the first time, this report focuses solely on cotton farmers who remain at grave risk of illegal land seizures, exploitation, threats, and even violence as the government continues to impose control over an agriculture system that has long since supposed to have been reformed.

📢 Out today! A new joint report @uzbekforum.bsky.social & @hrw.org based on 75 interviews with farmers in 6 regions of #Uzbekistan & Republic of #Karakalpakstan, expose egregious exploitation of #cotton and wheat farmers. Read the report here: bit.ly/3OgLnu9

#Uzbekistan ended state-imposed forced labor in the cotton harvest in 2021, but authorities continue to violate the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system. More in a NEW @uzbekforum.bsky.social - @hrw.org report - www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...

Azattyk Asia reporting today on land seizures from farmers in #Uzbekistan - www.azattyqasia.org/a/uzbekistan... Watch this space for new @hrw.org @uzbekforum.bsky.social report on abuse, exploitation of cotton and wheat farmers in #Uzbekistan tomorrow!

A new joint report by Uzbek Forum for Human Rights and @hrw.org - watch this space! #Cotton #Farmers #Uzbekistan

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan's #cotton and wheat farmers are vulnerable to exploitation, including illegal land seizures. Read our new joint report with @hrw.org out on Tuesday, February 17! #Cotton #Uzbekistan #Agriculture #Farmers #LandRights

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Together with Freedom for Eurasia, the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan “Ezgulik”, and the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights, we demand that #Uzbekistan must initiate an investigation into allegations of torture against convict Nozimjon Abdullaev and bring those responsible to justice.

‼️ 🇺🇿 Prominent Uzbek rights lawyer's license revoked after daring to criticize the judicial system following his defence of a former State Security Agency employee who alleges he was tortured while in detention. bit.ly/3OoWqkL

🇺🇿 So what were the trends for #HumanRights in #Uzbekistan last year? Spoiler alert: not promising. Read on at @hrw.org World Report: bit.ly/4qSgIl8

❗ #HumanRights Alert: As millions in development finance continue to pour into #Uzbekistan's agriculture sector from @ebrd.bsky.social @adb.org and #WorldBank, illegal land seizures are driving farmers to despair. bit.ly/49WyGNp

Documents from "Uzbekistan Post" are used to process the shipments to Russia, even though the Uzbek postal service is not authorized to operate in Germany. All test parcels containing microelectronic components that were sent by the journalists reached Moscow without any obstacles. 📹 BILD

A stream of torture claims involving #Uzbekistan's most prominent political prisoner - #Karakalpakstan community leader Dauletmurat Tajimuratov - undermine the reform narrative promoted by the Mirziyoyev administration joannalillis.substack.com/p/is-torture...