Sep 112009
 

US Department of Labor Includes Uzbek Cotton on List of Products Made by Forced, Child Labor

11.09.2009 15:07 msk

Ferghana.Ru

September, 10. The US Department of Labor (DOL) released a list of goods believed to be produced using forced or child labor as part of a mandate from the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005. Continue reading »

Aug 282009
 

IFEX – News from the international freedom of expression community
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ALERT – UZBEKISTAN

28 August 2009

New abuse of jailed dissident

SOURCE: Human Rights Watch

Family visits threatened after relatives publicize mistreatment

(Human Rights Watch/IFEX) – (New York, August 27, 2009) – Uzbek authorities
should promptly investigate new allegations of abuse against a political
prisoner, Yusuf Jumaev, and ensure that his family is permitted regular
visits, Human Rights Watch said today. Continue reading »