Why the #Trump administration's dismantling of the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative matters to the people of #Uzbekistan :
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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

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.

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...

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

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...

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

😶 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.

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...

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

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.

🇺🇿 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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