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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Uzbekistan
06/03/2008
Hundreds of thousands of Uzbekistani high school graduates are choosing to work as migrant laborers rather than go to college due to the unemployment and poverty that afflict their rural communities.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Education] [Labor] [Migration] [Poverty] [Youth] |
05/19/2008
Mutabar Tojiboyeva has been named this year's recipient of the Martin Ennals Award, an annual commendation given by 13 prominent human rights groups. There is concern that the Uzbek activist could die in prison, where she has been held since protesting the Andijan massacre of 2005.
Read moreFrom: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation |
05/13/2008
The Uzbek government continues to persecute people believed to have ties to the 2005 Andijan massacre, when state security forces killed hundreds in an attempt to quell anti-government protests, says a new report from a human rights monitor.
Read moreImage: Some Uzbeks who fled after the massacre are once again leaving their homes for fear of government repression. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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04/07/2008
Daily life could not be more different in modern Ferghana, westernized by many Russian immigrants, and neighboring Andijan, where all activities stop for prayers and some conservative Muslims have been labeled terrorists by the government.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Image: Uzbek children from Andijan. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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02/22/2008
The European Union is eager to strengthen its economic partnerships with Central Asian nations, notably Turkmenistan, despite the extremely poor human rights records of countries in this region, writes David Cronin.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Europe] [Kazakhstan] [Kyrgyzstan] [Tajikistan] [Turkmenistan] Image: Uzbek refugees after the 2005 Andijan massacre, believed to be the worst mass killing since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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02/07/2008
The Uzbek government's recent release of five human rights activists in the days preceding an important EU-Uzbekistan meeting indicates that sustained international pressure on the Central Asian nation is effective, reports an international human rights watchdog.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Europe] Image: Uzbekistan. © Institute for War and Peace Reporting
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01/15/2008
Tesco, the world's third largest retailer, has placed a ban on all cotton sourced from Uzbekistan for its clothing range, homeware and corporate purchases.
Read moreFrom: Environmental Justice Foundation |
11/28/2007
Paljastukset lapsityövoiman käytöstä Uzbekistanin puuvillapelloilla on pakottanut tekstiili- ja vaatetusalan yrityksiä selvittämään suhtautumistaan eettisesti kyseenalaisella tavalla tuotettuun raaka-aineeseen. Esimerkiksi Marimekko on keskeyttänyt puuvillaostot, H&M tutkii asiaa.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus Related: [Children] [Labor] Image: -
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11/27/2007
Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
Read moreFrom: UNFPA Related: [Africa] [Middle East] [India] [Iran ] [Iraq] [Pakistan] [Russian Federation] [Tajikistan] Image: Activists rally to stop violence against women. © Amnesty International USA
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09/17/2007
The unsolved murder of a famous theater director, whose work challenged political and social norms in Uzbekistan, has caused despair among artists and intellectuals.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) |
09/13/2006
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - The Bush Administration is objecting to a groundbreaking treaty that set up a nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Kazakhstan] [Kyrgyzstan] [Tajikistan] [Turkmenistan] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear Arms] |
09/11/2006
Five Central Asian states committed themselves to never acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, or testing nuclear weapons by signing a treaty Thursday to create a Central Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone.
Read moreFrom: Arms Control Association Related: [Turkmenistan] [Tajikistan] [Kyrgyzstan] [Kazakhstan] Image: © Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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07/28/2006
Western inattention after the Andijan massacre of May 2005 has granted Uzbekistan's president a green light to further repress freedoms, the country's opposition leaders told international human rights advocates this week.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [United States] Image: Uzbek children refugees in Kyrgyzstan after Andijan massacre. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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07/27/2006
As the Aral Sea continues to shrink beyond recognition between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, millions have suffered from the after effects: the resulting toxic dust has contaminated drinking water and air, spreading cancer and tuberculosis throughout the region.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Kazakhstan] Image: A ship stranded in what was once the Aral Sea. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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05/12/2006
In May 2005, Uzbek forces suppressed a popular demonstration, killing close to 1,000 civilians. Little has changed for the people of Andijan in the ensuing year.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: In Andijan. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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05/12/2006
On kulunut jo vuosi siitä kun Uzbekistanin armeija avasi tulen aseettomia mielenosoittajia vastaan Andizhanin kaupungissa. Ketään ei ole asetettu tuomiolle tapahtumasta, jossa sadat ihmiset menettivät henkensä. Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Wach perää kansainväliseltä yhteisöltä tiukkoja otteita kriisin selvittämiseksi.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [Justice and Crime] |
04/28/2006
The training courses on information and communication technologies (ICT) have started in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of Uzbekistan.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Governance] |
03/07/2006
The criminal process that led to an eight-year sentence for Uzbek human rights defender Mukhtabar Tojibaeva violated international fair trial standards, an international rights group said today.
Read moreRelated: [Human Rights] [Law] Image: © Human Rights Watch
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02/22/2006
YK:n pakolaisjärjestö tyrmistyi 11 uzbekistanilaisen turvapaikanhakijan pakkokäännyttämisestä Ukrainan viranomaisten toimesta. UNHCR vaatii pikaista selvitystä ja lisätietoa käännytettyjen kohtalosta.
Read moreFrom: Pakolaisneuvonta Related: [Ukraine] [Refugees] |



