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11 March 2024 / uzbekistan

Enter Engineering. The company that received multi-billion dollar projects does not pay its workers

In recent days, the workers of Enter Engineering (EE), a major government contractor in Uzbekistan, have demonstrated continuously. The fact that the company has delayed the salaries of more than 50,000 workers in its more than 10 enterprises for 4 months is the cause of workers' dissatisfaction.

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Kazakhstan: ITUC demands social dialogue and dropping of sanctions against striking workers
8 February 2024 / kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: ITUC demands social dialogue and dropping of sanctions against striking workers

The ITUC condemns the violations of workers rights in a labour dispute at the company West Oil Software, Kazakhstan.

UZBEK COTTON HARVEST 2023: RISK OF FORCED LABOR REMAINS HIGH
5 February 2024 / uzbekistan

UZBEK COTTON HARVEST 2023: RISK OF FORCED LABOR REMAINS HIGH

Uzbek Forum for Human Rights published its report on the 2023 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. Monitoring findings show that although there was no widespread, systematic, government-imposed forced labor during the 2023 harvest, an acute shortage of pickers in several districts led to coercion by officials to recruit sufficient numbers of pickers to fulfill production targets.

Kazakhstan must respect workers’ right to strike
29 January 2024 / kazakhstan

Kazakhstan must respect workers’ right to strike

“We consider the court’s decision to declare the strike illegal as a violation of Kazakhstan’s international obligations in accordance with the ILO Convention 87, ratified by Kazakhstan and call on to revoke the court decision. Kazakhstan must respect fundamental workers’ right to strike. “IndustriALL again calls for an end to the prosecution and punishment of striking workers; all workers dismissed for their participation in the strike must be reinstated. This labour conflict must be resolved through social dialogue in in a peaceful manner as soon as possible to avoid a repeat of Zhanaozen in 2011.”

UZBEKISTAN: FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE APPEALS CLOSURE
22 December 2023 / uzbekistan

UZBEKISTAN: FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE APPEALS CLOSURE

A court in Nukus, Uzbekistan will consider an appeal on December 19, 2023, from a farmers’ cooperative that was closed in November under a court order, Human Rights Watch and Uzbek Forum for Human Rights said today. Closing the cooperative violated the internationally protected rights to freedom of association and to organize.

Kazakhstan: Workers in Search of Stability
21 December 2023 / kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Workers in Search of Stability

In a region that relies on oil and gas extraction, job instability in this sector means dooming yourself, your family, and your closest ones to poverty. The government failed to diversify the region’s economy, and instead chose to reconfigure legislation against strikes and trade unions.

An Economist vs. Uzbekistan’s Silk Industry: Whose Facts Matter?
18 October 2023 / uzbekistan

An Economist vs. Uzbekistan’s Silk Industry: Whose Facts Matter?

In late August, a civil court judge in Tashkent ordered independent economist Yuliy Yusupov to publish a retraction and apologize in the media to Uzbekipaksanoat, the Uzbek Silk Association, for an article he published in March this year, which revealed corruption and the use of coercion in the production of silkworm cocoons. Yusupov, director of the Tashkent-based Center for Economic Development, stands by his assessment of the silk sector and has filed an appeal. The appeal court’s decision will be a key test of whether independent researchers in Uzbekistan are free to publish fact-based analyses, particularly when they are unpalatable to the state or the businesses it protects.