Uzbek Asset Return Network

[Professor Kristian Lasslett @KLasslett]

This raises a really big and important question! If a professional intermediary closes their eyes to red flags or does not care to check, should they still hang on to the $$$ fees earnt from proven corrupt deals: https://t.co/hPIGrYAwIE

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

Uzbek Civil Society calls on the UK Government to Recover Tainted Assets from Prominent Tory Donor

#Corruption #Uzbekistan #UK #Tories #AssetRecovery #GulnaraKarimova #Amersi #Telia

https://t.co/xaEceEXc2N

[Uzbek Asset Return Network @UzAssetReturn]

Major Tory donor advised on Uzbekistan deal later found to be $220m bribe https://t.co/lMh5ggnoNP #Karimova #Uzbekistan #Corruption #Bribery

[Uzbek Asset Return Network @UzAssetReturn]

Uzbek civil society have called on the Swiss government to provide greater public transparency on the asset return process. They highlight severe concern in #Uzbekistan's governance environment inc. its ability to ensure a responsible return, disbursement + management of assets

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

Uzbek civil society calls on Swiss authorities for more transparency in the return of #GulnaraKarimova's stolen assets.
#Uzbekistan #Corruption #Switzerland #AssetRecovery

https://t.co/auZeET9TOn

[Luca Anceschi @anceschistan]

Major @ozodlik + @KLasslett investigation on 'strategic' allocation of pandemic relief funds in #Uzbekistan: insiders get richer as regime divides up Covid-pie. Read it here in its Russian version: https://t.co/vNZIcQ7fTz

[RFE/RL Pressroom @RFERLPress]

(1/2) Check out this EXCLUSIVE by @RFERL’s Uzbek Svc @ozodlik & @Mike_Eckel: How Coca-Cola Helped Uzbekistan Seize A Lucrative Bottling Operation From U.S. Citizens. https://t.co/bKMI3wWxId

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

"The EU called on #Uzbekistan to do more to defend the rights of journalists, bloggers & #HumanRightsDefenders to carry out their activities without harassment & promptly investigate cases where bloggers or protesters have been attacked and bring perpetrators to justice."

[Gulnoza Said @gulnozas]

Authorities should retract their fines against https://t.co/lPfjBpZAUV & https://t.co/6JT1e10Bt2 and cease their tireless efforts to interfere in the work of the country’s independent #press, including prior censorship. #Uzbekistan @KunUzNews @azonuz

https://t.co/wN3oSdyqRM

[Muhammad Tahir @tahirmuh]

Exclusive; threats, money, and privileges, Uzbek bloggers describe how local authorities take bloggers and social media influencers under the Govt control and influence/dictate their production, https://t.co/FB6m6qrwl7

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

€429 million in 2020 alone for #Uzbekistan from #EBRD.

"In a country where civil society and independent trade unions are seriously constrained, there must be more checks and balances before approving funds”, says @UmidaNiyazova @UzbekForum

New report @ceebankwatch #EBRDam

[CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch]

Despite its mandate to operate in countries 'committed to and applying the principles of multiparty democracy’, ❌@EBRD is continuously pouring its money into countries with non-democratic regimes.
📢Read our new #EBRDam report: https://t.co/IM1mnEkOiR

[Professor Kristian Lasslett @KLasslett]

Coca-Cola можароси: Каримов куëвидан тортиб олинган миллионлар Мирзиëев куëвига тегиши мумкин https://t.co/qi8M2OzFea

[Professor Kristian Lasslett @KLasslett]

Proud to be part of this report with @Mike_Eckel, it investigates the provocative past of Coca-Cola in Uzbekistan and its murky ties to Gulnara Karimova, jailed daughter of the former President: https://t.co/GISEdZH8C3 A hidden history now much more fully exposed.

[Luca Anceschi @anceschistan]

Two pieces confirming that liberalisation remains missing link in #Uzbekistan's authoritarian modernisation path. Here, @PaoloBottleneck writes on media restrictions in the lead-up to presidential election, highlighting tension b/w truth & repression: https://t.co/J7UDqAe5XS

[Muhammad Tahir @tahirmuh]

On this week's @Majlis_Podcast we discuss the struggles of independent NGOs in Uzbekistan, with guest speakers, @steveswerdlow, @d_yusupov
@MatyakubowaMira and @BrucePannier https://t.co/EcdI7O3nM2

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

Gulnara Karimova's Swiss lawyers have filed a formal complaint with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

#Uzbekistan #AssetRecovery #Corruption

[Uzbek Asset Return Network @UzAssetReturn]

Des avocats genevois déposent une plainte à l’ONU contre la détention de Gulnara Karimova
https://t.co/vyuP0DW4K5

[Uzbek Asset Return Network @UzAssetReturn]

Suisse vs Gulnara Karimova : l’affaire de blanchiment d’argent rebondit

https://t.co/bnG2cB7Ejw

#AssetReturn #Uzbekistan #Corruption #Karimova

[DilMira Matyakubowa @MatyakubowaMira]

#forcedevictionuzbekistan #Uzbekistan
With @KLasslett we explore how a wheelchair factory in #Tashkent faces eviction without an agreement and equal compensation. The story is pretty bleak:
@openDemocracy
https://t.co/v59c7B03Pr

[Uzbek Forum for Human Rights @UzbekForum]

Footage from trial of #Uzbek blogger #OtabekSattoriy today.

"This is a mafia. I didn't extort anything from anybody. Everything I did was in the interest of the people."

#Uzbekistan #MediaFreedom #HumanRights

https://t.co/v0V832zF8f