Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan – 2019
Findings of Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights Summary Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF)...
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The Accountability Gap: Are Uzbek Bank Officials Really Organizing Nationwide Forced Labor?
The Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of Uzbekistan has published a list of officials who...
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2019 Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan Preliminary Findings of Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights
Summary Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) has monitored child and forced labor in the...
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Why the Practice of “Forced Voluntary” Cotton Harvesting in Uzbekistan Continues
“The approved roadmap for the development of Uzbekistan’s agricultural sector raises...
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Uzbekistan Cotton Harvest 2019 Chronicle of Forced Labor
November, 2019 October 1 – 30, 2019 The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) continues to...
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Legal challenge launched against EU measures incentivising trade in forced labour textiles
For immediate release The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF), with the support of the...
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Uzbekistan Cotton Harvest 2019 Chronicle of Forced Labor
September 14 – 30, 2019 The cotton harvest in Uzbekistan started on September 14, 2019. According...
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Uzbek Human Rights Defenders Appeal to International Companies Not to Lift Boycott of Uzbek Cotton
In the last few years, the government of Uzbekistan has undertaken reforms aimed at ending forced...
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Uzbek expert: The Uzbek government continues to consider the cotton sector as its “cash cow”
Alisher Ilkhamov, a well-known Uzbek expert, sociologist and Research Associate at the School of...
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UGF Report: Despite Progress, Systemic Forced Labor Persists in Uzbekistan’s 2018 Cotton Harvest
Cotton Campaign urges further reform For Immediate Release Washington, D.C.—April 4, 2019—Systemic...
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European Parliament: Uzbek Government Should Improve its Human Rights Record and End Forced Labour
Uzbek-German Forum (UGF) welcomes the European Parliament’s approval of recommendations of 26...
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Cotton Campaign Meets with Senior Uzbek Officials in Washington — Parties Agree to Intensify Dialogue on Ending Forced Labor
Washington, D.C. – The Cotton Campaign hosted the first-ever, high-level delegation of Uzbek...
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