September 28, 2017

Uzbekistan: Cotton Slave Labor Out, Human Rights Ombudsman In?

Just as the annual cotton-picking season entered its most intense phase in mid-September, the government made a surprise announcement to recall students and state workers (...)

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September 3, 2018

US urged to tread carefully on Uzbek cotton

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January 8, 2018

Field work: cotton picking in Uzbekistan

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August 29, 2018

Azerbaijan: white gold, black labour

After the global decline in oil prices, Azerbaijan is trying to differentiate its economy betting on cotton industry. In Soviet times the “white gold” was (...)

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September 23, 2017

Uzbekistan pulls students, teachers, nurses from cotton fields: sources

TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan has abruptly recalled thousands of school teachers, college students and healthcare workers from cotton fields, halting a practice condemned abroad as (...)

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December 13, 2017

Uzbekistan has stopped systematic use of child labor in cotton harvest: ILO

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October 5, 2017

World Bank approves Uzbekistan cotton project despite forced labour concerns

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February 22, 2018

RETAILERS C&A, H&M ACCUSED OF USING CHINESE PRISONERS TO MAKE CLOTHES

By Janene Pieters Prisoners in China are used to make clothes for famous clothing brands like C&A and H&M, British former journalist and business researcher (...)

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May 26, 2018

U.S. bans imports of slave-picked cotton from Turkmenistan

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United States has banned cotton imported from Turkmenistan due to findings of state-enforced slave labor, a move celebrated (...)

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February 15, 2018

ILO Declares Child Labor in Uzbek Cotton Farming Has Ended

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