Cotton campaign page summary on Turkmenistan

Comments Concerning the Ranking of Turkmenistan by the United States Department of State in the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report
February 2020 | by the International Labor Rights Forum on behalf of the Cotton Campaign

Turkmenistan Forces State Workers into New Cotton-picking Campaign
Alternative Turkmenistan News, Sept. 1, 2018

Recommendations for the 3rd cycle UPR of Turkmenistan: State-sponsored forced labor in the cotton sector and harassment and imprisonment of forced labor monitors - English
Anti-Slavery International, Alternative Turkmenistan News, Cotton Campaign, Apr. 2, 2018

Joanna Ewart-James, "Gaspar Matalaev: serving time for reporting on forced labour in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields" - English
Independent, Feb. 5, 2018

Reports of forced labor during the 2017 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
         Turkmenistan: 2017 Findings of Forced Labor Monitoring during Cotton Harvesting, Feb 2018 - English (Russian here)
         Turkmenistan: Children Continue to Pick Cotton Despite Ban, Nov 2017 - English (Russian here)
         IKEA Bans Turkmen Cotton from its Products, Oct 2017 - English (Russian here)
         Turkmenistan kicks off mobilization of civil servants for cotton season, Aug 2017 - English (Russian here)
         Free Gaspar Matalaev – Victim of Forced Labor Monitoring in Turkmenistan, Mar 2017 - English (Russian here)

Reports of forced labor during the 2016 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          Teenagers are less likely to be bought. Present-day slavery in Turkmenistan in the cotton sector, Nov 2016 - English (Russian here)         
          Forced Labor, or Why Turkmen Markets Are Packed with Brand-Name Textiles, Nov 2016 - English (Russian here)
          They bring people to the fields in the back of a truck, like sheep for sale, Oct 2016 - English (Russian here)

Reports of forced labor during the 2015 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          State-Led Forced Labor during the Long 2015 Cotton Harvest, Jan 2016
          Turkmenistan’s Low Cotton Crop Intensifies Officials’ Use of Coercion, Nov 2015
          Turkmenistan Government Forces Thousands to Harvest Cotton, Oct 2015
          Spotlight on Turkmenistan: Widespread State-Orchestrated Forced Labor in Turkmenistan’s 2014 Cotton Harvest, July 2015

Reports of forced labor during the 2014 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          Part 1, September 2014
          Part 2, November 2014
          Part 3, February 2015

Reports of forced labor during the 2013 Cotton Harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          Part 1, September 2013
          Part 2, October 2013
          Part 3, November 2013

Source:  Cotton Campaign