10 Years Monitoring Child and Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector
This year, Uzbek Forum is conducting monitoring of Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest and advocating for...
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Cotton Chronicle 2020: Interim Findings on Uzbekistan’s Cotton Harvest
For the tenth consecutive year, Uzbek Forum for Human Rights has independently monitored forced...
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Uzbekistan: Fair Recruitment, Effective Accountability Needed to End Forced Labor as Independent Labor Monitors Harassed, Arbitrarily Detained
June 23, 2020 (Washington, D.C. / Berlin) – A new report released today by Uzbek Forum for Human...
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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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