The Uzbek government is violating the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system, including penalties such as land seizure for not meeting quotas.

С. Адилов признан виновным в вымогательстве 12 млн сумов у одного гражданина и мошенничестве в отношении ещё двух на 63 млн сумов. Общий ущерб по делу составил 75 млн сумов.

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Since early 2025, independent media outlets and the social media accounts of journalists, political commentators, and civil society activists from Uzbekistan have faced an escalating campaign of…

Uzbekistan’s efforts to expand its sericulture industry are facing scrutiny following allegations by farmers and home-based cocoon producers of production quotas, coercive contracting practices, payme...

Uzbek Forum says coercive quotas and delayed cocoon payments are shifting sericulture risks on to rural producers

State-imposed cocoon production quotas, coercive contracting practices and delayed payments are forcing farmers and home-based producers of silkworm cocoons to bear the costs associated with the…

Reports of police violence, threats and restrictions on lawyers’ activities raise serious concerns about the protection of legal professionals in Uzbekistan and their clients’ access to an effective…

The limited opening of space for freedom of expression that followed President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s rise to power has gradually given way in recent years to tighter control over public discourse.

The Uzbek authorities have launched a nationwide initiative ostensibly to improve the beautification of local neighborhoods (mahalla). However, what has unfolded is arbitrary intrusion into private…

Ҳуқуқ фаоллари Суннатбек Қамчиев, Жавоҳир Мўминов ва Мурод Маҳсудовнинг ҳибсдаги даврида қийноқ ва шафқатсиз муомалага дучор бўлгани ҳақида билдирилган сўнгги учта ҳолат ҳуқуқни муҳофаза қилувчи орган...

Three recent cases of allegations of torture and ill-treatment of rights activists Sunnatbek Qamchiyev, Javokhir Muminov and Murod Mahsudov while in detention, again expose the lack of accountability…

Судья Муҳтарама Тургунова © Kun.uz Собиқ судьялар устидан қўзғатилган жиноят иши Ўзбекистонда судьяларнинг жавобгарлиги ва суд мустақиллиги ўртасидаги мувозанат ҳақида кенг муҳокамаларга сабаб…

Judge Mukhtarama Turgunova © Kun.uz The prosecution of four former judges has raised broader questions about judicial accountability and judicial independence in Uzbekistan. The criminal trial of four...

One woman’s attempt to stand for election as mahalla chairperson reveals the barriers that remain to inclusive self-government in Uzbekistan.

Farmers in several regions of Uzbekistan have recently reported that local authorities are exerting pressure on them to produce inflated quotas of wheat of up to 100 centners per hectare.

В деле Джавохира Муминова, члена официально зарегистрированного в Узбекистане общества прав человека «Эзгулик» («Благодеяние»), появляются новые подро...

Uzbek Forum for Human Rights has obtained a copy of a forensic medical report confirming that human rights defender Javokhir Muminov, who was arrested in Kashkadarya region on June 5 2026…

Human rights defender Javokhir Muminov, a member of the Uzbek human rights organization Ezgulik, was arrested in Kashkadarya region on June 5, 2026, on suspicion of extortion under Article 165(3) of…

A high-profile investigation into the violent beating of two school students by a teacher in Tashkent has raised serious concerns about media freedom in Uzbekistan and has also highlighted the growing...

In April 2026, an economic court ruled in favor of the Kushkupir district (hokimiyat) administration in Uzbekistan’s Khorezm region and ordered the early termination of a long-term land lease…

Farmers in Navbahor district of Navoi region have accused local authorities of forcibly seizing agricultural land, destroying productive wheat fields shortly before harvest, and pressuring farmers to…

ОТБнинг таъқибларга нисбатан “мутлақо тоқатсизлик” сиёсати Ҳимоя механизмлари қоғозда мавжуд, аммо тараққиёт банклари ушбу механизмларнинг амалда ишлашига тўсқинлик қилаётган сиёсий воқеликка қарши…

Safeguards exist on paper, but are development banks prepared to confront the political realities that prevent those safeguards from functioning in practice?

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Inclusive development projects require safe and open participation. This session will examine why protecting communities and civil society actors is essential to meaningful dialogue, stronger particip...

Жиззахда кластер фермер хўжалигидан бир миллиард сўмдан ортиқ қарздор бўлиб қолди. Фермер айни пайтда ҳар томонлама босим остида қолган - солиқ ҳеч нарсани эшитишни истамаяпти, лизингга олинган техник...

Uzbekistan, which once sought to salvage its international reputation by liberalizing freedom of expression, has increasingly shifted toward tightening control over public discourse…

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Targeted attacks in the form of copyright complaints, which have led to the removal of independent social media channels, suggest that new and effective methods of suppressing freedom of expression…

A court in Uzbekistan has handed down a heavy sentence to the man that authorities say whipped up deadly unrest in the autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan in July. Deep doubts linger over the fairness of the trial, however.

Targeted attacks in the form of copyright complaints, which have led to the removal of independent social media channels, suggest that new and effective methods of suppressing freedom of expression…

The Times of Central Asia previously published an interview with Komoliddin Ikromov, head of the Agribusiness Association, addressing recent land disputes,

Karim Bahriev o‘z ijodida va siyosiy faoliyatida muntazam ravishda so‘z erkinligiga urg‘u berib kelgan. Ayniqsa, uning 2000 yillar boshida yozgan "So‘z erkinligi haqida so‘z" kitobi o‘z davri uchun ka...