Corruption and Human Rights Initiative

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

Full report @EltuzCom in Uzbek here: https://t.co/83Vy9Mv4ze
And @openDemocracy in Russian: https://t.co/zNy1VdqaNX

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

Watch:
In-depth report by @KLasslett @CorruptionHRI on conflicts of interest in billion-dollar #Tashkent city construction project summarized in #Uzbek @EltuzCom :
https://t.co/DLFkZpqeA3

[Corruption and Human Rights Initiative @CorruptionHRI]

Flaws in Uzbekistan’s governance process: implications for stolen asset return https://t.co/sBqPlO85Ju

[Fatima Kanji @fatimakanji]

Fantastic report by @KLasslett and @CorruptionHRI on the intimate relationship between business and state officials in #Uzbekistan, highlighting severe conflicts of interest and a lack of transparency. More of the same? https://t.co/eKLq0a5xlr

[Corruption and Human Rights Initiative @CorruptionHRI]

@CorruptionHRI Initiative is pleased to launch its 'Power Brief' Series, scrutinising the integrity of markets and governments in Central Asia. Issue 1 focuses on the Mayor of #Tashkent and founder of #Akfa-Artel business group, Jahongir Artikhodjaev: https://t.co/meFczL8sqP

[Global Labor Justice @global_labor]

To be clear, cotton from #Uzbekistan still carries a HIGH risk of being produced with #forcedlabor @cottoncampaign @freedomunitedHQ @hrw @UGFHumanRights

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

@GOVuz Sadly, Uzbek cotton remains on USDOL’s List of Goods Produced by Child or Forced Labor for carrying a high risk of being produced with adult forced labor. See list used by private companies, media, and NGOs:
https://t.co/z1S2MF2HMl
@cottoncampaign @SourcingNetwork @ILRF

[Fatima Kanji @fatimakanji]

Open Letter: #Switzerland’s Appalling Decision to Return Seized $100 million Yacht to Known Kleptocrat. @Statecrime signed. #EquatorialGuinea #Corruption #AssetRecovery @EGJustice https://t.co/CCEfNfHd7o

[Fabian Molina ✊🌹🌍 @FabianMolinaNR]

Ein Bericht von @CorruptionHRI zeigt, dass die von der Schweiz restituierten Gelder an #Kasachstan in schockierender Weise veruntreut wurden. Auf meine Fragen im @ParlCH ist @ignaziocassis noch ausgewichen. Jetzt braucht es eine lückenlose Aufklärung! https://t.co/iLNpmp0j0l

[GIJN - Глобальная сеть журналистов-расследователей @gijnRu]

#Расследование
🇰🇿 Швейцарско-Казахстанские $ 48,8 млн.: Случай безответственного возвращения активов? Всемирный банк не контролировал возврат в страну арестованых средств.
Отчет @CorruptionHRI здесь:
Eng👉https://t.co/n8eAOBorHh
#Казахстан

[Ryota Jonen @ryotajonen]

How did $48.8 million in restituted funds belonging to the people of Kazakhstan end up in the pockets of the ruling party under the watch of the Swiss government and World Bank? An impressive investigation by @CorruptionHRI

[CiFAR @CiFAR_EU]

Our partners at @CorruptionHRI published the outcomes of their year-long investigation into a #Switzerland-#Kazakhstan asset recovery case and revealed evidence of serious mishandling.
https://t.co/KXtbR3aDt8

[oDR @opendemocracyru]

We recently published an investigation (with @KLasslett) into a possible conflict of interest over the Tashkent City urban redevelopment project.

In response, the Mayor of Tashkent held a press conference last week.

Thread.

[oDR @opendemocracyru]

This, by all accounts, was an intense press conference, and it should be noted that this pretty unprecedented.

Yet questions remain over the specifics of what @KLasslett raised in his article — namely, what is the relationship between the Mayor and these companies?

[Fatima Kanji @fatimakanji]

Fantastic article by @ILRF on the role of multinationals in facilitating the sale of cotton products made with forced labor in #Turkmenistan https://t.co/OlPnWzf1Ds

[Professor Kristian Lasslett @KLasslett]

Tashkent Mayor stewarding in Uzbekistan's largest property development, has numerous private links to a venture already plagued by big integrity and transparency questions: https://t.co/hMrSkbA0nw

[Corruption and Human Rights Initiative @CorruptionHRI]

Press Release: Swiss Asset Return Case Mishandled Under World Bank Watch https://t.co/5ELXvh6LOC #AssetRecovery #Switzerland #WorldBank #Kazakhstan
#Uzbekistan

[Joanna Lillis @joannalillis]

My piece for @TheEconomist on efforts to end forced labour in #Uzbekistan's cottonfields, plus social media storm over the cultural-revolution-style public shaming of farmers that shows how the Karimov regime "bred a culture of bullying and subservience" https://t.co/iGrA49NSz5

[Umida Niyazova @UmidaNiyazova]

Decisive action to hold official accountable not so decisive after all https://t.co/ODuqMuF9xu

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

At #COTTON receiving points in #Uzbekistan, bags filled with sand are added to the harvested #COTTON to increase the weight. An “overstatement” of the cotton weight is carried out on the orders of the head of the Boz district. https://t.co/oot50oUOYr