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Defending Human Rights in Uzbekistan https://www.uzbekforum.org/
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As Odile Renaud-Basso, President of @ebrd.bsky.social, heads to #Uzbekistan for meetings with the President and investors, we call again for accountability and remedy for 1000s of Indorama Agro workers who suffered extensive harm enabled by EBRD's investment. bit.ly/43PHWhZ 🧵

As Odile Renaud-Basso, President of @ebrd.bsky.social, heads to #Uzbekistan for meetings with the President and investors, we call again for accountability and remedy for 1000s of Indorama Agro workers who suffered extensive harm enabled by EBRD's investment. bit.ly/43PHWhZ 🧵

Read this article by economist Yuliy Yusupov to understand the structural issues in the #silk sector that entrench exploitation and abuse of farmers in #Uzbekistan. bit.ly/3SBvQUH

Shocking abuse of #Uzbek farmers forced to produce #silk cocoons: "They tortured me even when I was unconscious." Uzbekistan's #agriculture sector is truly lawless. 100s of messages from desperate farmers: bit.ly/3HFXY6y 🧵

#Uzbekistan: Labor Rights Monitor Sharifa Madrakhimova Had Passport Destroyed. @cottoncampaign.bsky.social Calls For Investigation "Madrakhimova has routinely faced harassment and interference with her legitimate #HumanRights work." bit.ly/4kgQJAB

🇺🇿⚖️ Full interview with lawyer Allan Pashkovsky whose license was suspended after he defended a #Whistleblower who was tortured and jailed for uncovering a massive #Corruption scheme. @uncaccoalition.bsky.social #Uzbekistan bit.ly/4kARnIU

#Uzbekistan is heading back into the dark times. bit.ly/3HiJqtF

Uzbek journalist and activist unable to travel to Ireland for award after alleged burning of passport

📢 Prominent lawyer accuses Uzbek security forces of fabricated criminal case & #torture. #Uzbekistan has received $$$$ in funding & support from international donors to improve rule of law & fight #corruption. They should pay attention to this case: bit.ly/43DZnSH @tklaar.bsky.social

Front Line Defenders urges the Uzbekistani authorities to halt its intimidation tactics against Sharifa Madrakhimova and ensure that she is not restricted from travelling outside of #Uzbekistan. bit.ly/43BzYJf

Shameless guilty verdict against director of respected (and one of the few) #HumanRights orgs in #Uzbekistan for "defamation" filed by 2 law (!) professors in a closed trial that excluded his defence lawyer, diplomats and the press. bit.ly/3Z1IShO

📺Watch #Uzbek rights defender Sharifa Madrakhimova's speech explaining why she couldn't attend the @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social awards ceremony in Dublin today at 1:19:12 - 1:20:44 💔 bit.ly/3H1YhZ9

Today, @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social honors our dear friend and colleague #Uzbek #HumanRights defender Sharifa Madrakhimova with their prestigious award for her courageous work. Sadly, she was prevented from travelling to the ceremony in #Dublin today by the #Uzbek authorities.

Das Lieferkettengesetz abschaffen? Wir fordern das Gegenteil: eine konsequente Umsetzung und Weiterentwicklung! Unsere heute mit @misereor.bsky.social und @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social veröffentlichte Studie zeigt: Das LkSG wirkt – wenn es konsequent durchgesetzt wird 👇 www.ecchr.eu/publikation/...

During this #EBRDAM join us in demanding justice for #IndoramaAgro workers in #Uzbekistan, who have suffered severe & systemic human rights violations over the years. Share widely this op-ed by @uzbekforum.bsky.social @ceebankwatch.bsky.social @accountcounsel.bsky.social 👇https://bit.ly/459m6Is

Pleasure to speak at IPAM session on accountability during #EBRDam in London this week. Thank you for the opportunity to explain why workers at #IndoramaAgro #cotton project in #Uzbekistan must receive remedy for the harms enabled by @ebrd.bsky.social and @ifcorg.bsky.social investments.

In 2019, through a presidential decree 50,000 ha of land have been allocated to Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzbekistan that resulted in arbitrary termination of thousands of farmers’ land leases. Since then groups have reported severe harms inflicted on workers and communities by the company.

At #EBRDam today we handed the president a personal letter from Indorama Agro workers in #Uzbekistan : ”This letter is the voice of our hearts - a cry for help.” We demand accountability & remedy for the harm enabled by this @ebrd.bsky.social investment.

As the EBRD begins its Annual Meeting in London this week, civil society organizations and project-affected people are demanding accountability and remedy for harm caused by the bank’s investment in the Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzbekistan.  buff.ly/Ntd0qdw

When Development Finance Does More Harm than Good: The Case of Indorama Agro in Uzbekistan @thediplomat.com #EBRD25 bit.ly/3SlyFZX

Today we are on our way to #London for @ebrd.bsky.social Annual Meeting to discuss remedy for @IndoramaAgro #cotton workers in #Uzbekistan #EBRDAM25 bit.ly/41WbjiX

Today, @ebrd.bsky.social will vote on another new loan to #Indorama while environmental & social safeguards at Indorama Agro #cotton project in #Uzbekistan are outstanding: destroyed livelihoods, unpaid wages & retaliations. We demand accountability, not rewards for non-compliance! bit.ly/41WbjiX

📢 Call to action! Ezgulik, one of the very few - if not the only - independent #HumanRights orgs in #Uzbekistan has filed a lawsuit against a decision of the Ministry of Justice denying them implemention of an #EU funded project. bit.ly/3SlLK5c 🧵

This #LaborDay2025 we and our colleagues from 90 other NGOs around the world stand in solidarity with Indorama Agro workers and demand remedy for the harm caused by this @ebrd.bsky.social & @ifcorg.bsky.social investment. bit.ly/41WbjiX

Next week we'll be at the #AsianDevelopmentBank Annual Meeting with many of our members & partners, to call on @adb.org to protect peoples & the planet - and to stop harmful investments ✊ Join us 👇bit.ly/ADBCoalitionEvents @re-course.org @uzbekforum.bsky.social @ceebankwatch.bsky.social

Почему ликвидация администрацией #Трампа Инициативы по возврату похищенных активов имеет значение для народа #Узбекистана : bit.ly/42KHpxb

Why the #Trump administration's dismantling of the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative matters to the people of #Uzbekistan : bit.ly/42RNFn5

End this barbarism! Sheer cruelty of #Uzbek gov in the cases of bloggers Valijon Kalonov & Dildora Kakhimova. Instead of being released from wrongful detention in a psychiatric clinic, Valijon was transferred to a stricter one. Dildora's appeal to be reunited with her child was rejected. 🧵

In April, 90 CSOs signed a joint statement calling on @ebrd.bsky.social & @ifcorg.bsky.social which financed #cotton producer Indorama Agro in #Uzbekistan to take urgent & concrete action to remedy severe harms inflicted on workers: bit.ly/3Ygsn0R 🧵

#CentralAsia Leaders Must Deliver on #HumanRights Pledges Made at EU-CA Summit in #Uzbekistan. "Much more needs to be done for addressing past and ongoing abuses that respect and protect citizens’ rights and freedoms." @crdefenders.bsky.social bit.ly/4jqxALD

NGOs demand action on #Uzbek #cotton abuses: bit.ly/3XP5nWI @ecotextile.bsky.social @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social @ebrd.bsky.social @ifcorg.bsky.social

International Union of Foodworkers: "These workers have struggled for years for the right to form their own independent #TradeUnion, but all attempts were stifled by #IndoramaAgro management, while @ifcorg.bsky.social & @ebrd.bsky.social continuously ignored #HumanRights violations." bit.ly/42iuAtS