COTTON CLUSTERS AND THE DESPAIR OF UZBEK FARMERS: LAND CONFISCATIONS, BLANK CONTRACTS AND FAILED PAYMENTS
Executive summary The privatization of Uzbekistan’s cotton sector has led to the establishment of...
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Author: Lynn Schweisfurth
Positive developments in combatting the use of forced labor
Originally published by Kun.uz There are positive developments in Uzbekistan in eliminating forced labor, the cultivation of cotton and its harvesting. However, according to Bennett Freeman, Cotton Campaign co-founder, much...
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Нукусда уч фаолнинг Cotton Campaign аъзолари билан учрашишига монелик қилинди
The original article by Khurmat Bobojon in the Ozodlik Cotton Campaign коалицияси Нукус шаҳрида Қорақалпоғистонда мажбурий меҳнат мониторинги билан шуғулланувчи “Чироқ” нодавлат ташкилоти фаолларининг коалиция...
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Human rights organizations and the Government of Uzbekistan will work together to end the use of forced labor
Originally published by Kun.uz On February 3, a meeting with representatives of the Cotton Campaign international coalition was held at the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade. The delegation of the international coalition...
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The forced labor in Uzbekistan still persists
The original article by Umberto Bacchi in Thomson Reuters Foundation News TBILISI, Feb 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Uzbekistan made “major progress” on stamping out forced labour in its cotton harvest last...
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