Uzbek Official Unleashes Torrent of Abuse at Cotton Meeting
The head of the Parkent district administration of the Tashkent region, Nematulla Abdullaev, held a 45-minute meeting on November 1,…
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Turkmenistan: Children Continue to Pick Cotton Despite Ban
In Turkmenistan, despite a ban on child labor, there are more children and teenagers in the cotton fields for this…
Article in German Magazine STERN : “Exploited”
Bettina Sengling, a German journalist, has been following Uzbekistan’s most prominent human rights activists. In a recent article, published by…
We have been picking cotton in Syrdarya for 50 days now. We have only been able to wash ourselves once in a pond.
A member of staff from Andijan Region’s Agriculture and Water Resources Department, who was brought to Syrdarya to pick cotton…
Children in the Andijan Region Pick Cotton
On November 3, 2017, human rights activist Elena Urlayeva visited cotton fields in the Balikchi district (Andijan region) and saw…