Belgium’s Return of Assets to Uzbekistan Fails to Meet International Standards and Increases Risk of Future Misuse | Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

Why the #Trump administration's dismantling of the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative matters to the people of #Uzbekistan :
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Questions Unanswered, Concerns Remain: The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition calls for clarity and transparency from the SRA - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition wrote to the SRA seeking answers to a number of outstanding questions regarding its decision-making process as it relates to SLAPPs after it discontinued Eliot Higgins' com...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority discontinued @eliothiggins.bsky.social complaint against Discreet Law who represented the Yevgeny Prigozhin. Many questions remain. UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has written to the regulator. Read the letter here: antislapp.uk/2025/03/28/q... #stopSLAPPs

28.03.2025 18:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In 2021, state-organized forced labor - including child labor - in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector ended. Since then, workers have been organizing for fair wages, safe conditions & a real voice on the job - creating a path for cotton products that benefit working people, brands & the global market.

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Miranda Patrucic, @occrp.org’s editor in chief, sat down with Belgian journalists from Knack to discuss the severe consequences of the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding for investigative journalism. Read the full conversation in English: www.occrp.org/en/feature/w...

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One of NYC Mayor Eric Adams' alleged “straw donors” linked to energy mogul with high-level Russia ties - ICIJ A New York developer who donated to Adams’ campaign operates a real estate empire that, documents show, is majority-owned by a Cyprus-registered company linked to Uzbek tycoon Bakhtiyor Fazilov.

One of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ alleged “straw donors” linked to energy mogul with high-level Russia ties www.icij.org/news/2025/02...

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Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich

The main criticism of FCPA is that it is actively used against foreign actors and in restraint against US actors. So dropping enforcement activity may be music to the ear of US ‘competitors’: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Former George W. Bush aide says an Uzbek businessman hired him to lobby for U.S. sanctions on a local business rival - ICIJ The episode, which led to a U.S. Congressman calling for an investigation of possible sanctions violations by the Uzbek target firm, offers a window into the business of regional actors seeking to inf...

Former George W. Bush aide says an Uzbek businessman hired him to lobby for U.S. sanctions on a local business rival
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Papua New Guinea NGO Act Now received three SLAPPs in 2024 Each one was more ridiculous than the last.

Papua New Guinea NGO receives three SLAPPs in 2024 over its work tackling illegal deforestation: reddmonitor.substack.com/p/papua-new-...

28.01.2025 11:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😶 Freedom of speech under attack in #Uzbekistan. Activists reporting a spike in intimidation and surveillance. Abdurakhmon Tashanov of Ezgulik, Elmurod Odil & Ilyos Safarov targeted for simply reporting on issues of importance to their communities.

22.01.2025 07:04 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Environmental advocate potentially facing 15 years for re-posting the photo of PNG official - ABC Pacific An environmental advocate could face up to 15 years behind bars in Papua New Guinea for re-posting the photo of a government official on Facebook.

Environmental defenders often face the most aggressive SLAPPs (strategic litigation against public participation). Case in point Eddie Tanago - a thorn in the thigh of illegal loggers - who is being prosecuted in Papua New Guinea for sharing a news link: www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog...

22.01.2025 09:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Solicitors' tribunal finds against lawyer for stifling public scrutiny – an early test case for SLAPPs - Spotlight on Corruption The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has today found against a lawyer for improperly stifling public scrutiny, following a complaint that he engaged in legal

Solicitors’ tribunal finds against lawyer for stifling public scrutiny – an early test case for SLAPPs: www.spotlightcorruption.org/tribunal-aga...

21.01.2025 12:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Russian court has convicted three lawyers of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny on extremism charges and sentenced them to between 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 years in prison.

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@SizdanTelegram© | Yangi O'zbekiston ТОШКЕНТ вил. – “Кластер иш ҳақимизни қачон беради?” ПИСКЕНТ. “Тошкент вилояти Пискент тумани пахта тозалаш заводида вақтинча ижара шартномаси асосида ишлаб келаётган ишчилар 6 ойдан бери маош олмаяп...

🇺🇿 Workers at Real Agro Cotton cluster in Piskent district, Tashkent region have not received their salaries for 6 months. "The interest on our loans is increasing. The gas has been cut off. We need to pay taxes and electricity bills."
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