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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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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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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We pick cotton out of fear: systematic forced labor and the accountability gap in Uzbekistan
The 96-page report, “‘We Pick Cotton Out of Fear’: Systematic Forced Labor and the Accountability...
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Harvest Report 2017
Every year, the Uzbek government forcibly mobilizes over a million citizens to grow and harvest...
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NEW REPORT RELEASED: Forced Labor Linked to World Bank
(Brussels) – The World Bank is funding half a billion dollars in agricultural projects linked to...
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HARVEST REPORT 2016: Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector
As the cotton harvest season is over in Uzbekistan, UGF presents findings of its 2016 monitoring...
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Report on Cotton Production in Uzbekistan 2015
Our interactive report “The Cover-Up: Whitewashing Uzbekistan’s White Gold” gives...
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Uzbek Government Continues Forced Labor System to Weed Cotton Fields
The government of Uzbekistan began a mass forced mobilization to weed cotton fields on May 10....
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UGF Report: A Systemic Problem: State-Sponsored Forced Labour in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector Continues in 2012
Today, the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Cotton Campaign released ...
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“Cotton – it’s not a plant, it’s politics”. The system of forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector
This report presents the results of a small survey conducted by our organization in the autumn of...
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Review of the 2012 Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan
Review of the 2012 Cotton Harvest. What has changed? What remains the same?
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