Human Rights and Democracy

The Uzbek government continues to force its citizens to work in cotton fields, in hazardous conditions and for no or negligible pay. Meanwhile, the Government has indicated no interest in ending the forced-labour production system.

Global Voices Alexander Sodiqov An international conference on water cooperation ended in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on August 21. More than 900 representatives from about 70 countries and organizations attended the conference. Yet the […]

By Daisy Sindelar, Umid Bobomatov, Torokul Doorov, Normahmad Kholov and Ganjina Ganjova Khusanjon, a 44-year-old labor migrant from Uzbekistan, was expecting a busy Sunday at the Khovansky construction market in southwest Moscow. Instead, he and […]

Written by Vasilina Brazhko The Times of Central Asia DUSHANBE (TCA) ¬– Russian diplomats found “forces ready to endanger the safety of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Dushanbe.” They have announced this due […]