October 16, 2019

Can Swiss assistance help clean up Uzbek cotton?

FORCED LABOUR

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September 6, 2018

Uzbekistan intends to stop export of cotton fiber by 2025

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November 16, 2019

Cotton and Corporate Responsibility: Fighting Forced Labor in Xinjiang and Uzbekistan

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April 17, 2019

Forced Labor Lives on in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Fields

Reforms Need to Target the Underlying Soviet-Era System Encouraging Forced Labor Namratha Somayajula Associate, Business and Human Rights Despite a slew of steps taken to (...)

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October 10, 2017

Uzbekistan eyes to produce 15,000 cotton harvesters in 5 years

By Nigar Guliyeva – Trend: Uzbekistan has developed a five-year program for a phased transition to mechanized cotton harvesting, Deputy Prime Minister Nodir Otazhonov said. (...)

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June 26, 2018

Brands urged to continue boycott of Uzbek cotton despite promised reforms

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March 31, 2018

Mirziyoyev says Uzbekistan will reduce cotton export

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April 4, 2019

Uzbekistan Making Progress to Phase Out Forced Cotton Labor, Report Says

Forced labor remains a reality in Uzbekistan, but the ILO and others are encouraged by the government’s progress. By Catherine Putz On March 25, a (...)

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November 3, 2018

Uzbekistan to expand drip irrigation at cotton fields

On October 31, a meeting was held in Tashkent under the chairmanship of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on issues of the integrated development of agriculture, the (...)

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April 5, 2019

Uzbekistan Praised For Curtailing Forced Labor In Cotton Harvest. Activists Say Not So Fast.

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