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Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan received a rating of 5 in the ITUC Global Rights Index 2026, prepared by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Fergana.ru reports.
According to the report, this rating indicates a lack of guarantees for the observance of labor rights, when workers are effectively deprived of access to their rights, despite their formal enshrinement in legislation.
The group of countries with a rating of 5 included 41 countries, including Russia, China, Turkey and Ukraine.
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are not mentioned in the report.
The study's authors note a deterioration in labor rights worldwide. According to their data, violations of freedom of speech and assembly were recorded in 50% of countries, arrests and detentions of workers were recorded in 75 countries, and physical violence against workers was recorded in 48 countries.
In addition, the right to strike was violated in 131 countries, and access to justice was either absent or restricted in 109 countries.
The top ten countries with the worst labor rights situation in 2026 included Argentina, Belarus, Egypt, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Tunisia, Turkey, Ecuador, and Eswatini.
The report's authors characterize what is happening as a "billionaire conspiracy against democracy," financed by the wealthy and implemented through the policies of far-right and authoritarian leaders.
"The conspirators' tactics may vary, but their goal is common: to prevent democracy from working for the benefit of workers. From undermining multilateral organizations to dismantling hard-won rights and freedoms, their strategy is aimed at consolidating their power and silencing workers," the report states.
According to the report, the Middle East and North Africa remains the worst region for labour rights, followed by Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe.
