Turkmenistan: new harvest findings and how governments should address forced labour in Turkmenistan 18 July 2022 Blog In the latest blog, Ruslan Myatiev, founder of Turkmen.news, details the latest findings from the Turkmen cotton harvest. Every year, thousands of people in Turkmenistan are forced into the fields to pick cotton. Despite campaigning and public pressure, the 2021…
Turkmenistan cotton harvest: new harvest, same old abuses 23 September 2021 Blog As the annual cotton harvest commences and Turkmenistan marks Independence Day on 27 September, business and human rights policy and research officer, Rocio Domingo Ramos, sheds light on the continued practice of forced labour in the country’s cotton industry. The…
Turkmenistan cotton harvest continued to use forced labour in 2020 23 March 2021 Blog A blog by Ruslan Myatiev, Editor of Turkmen.news, on how you could help to discourage businesses from using cotton tainted by human rights abuses in Turkmenistan The 2020 Turkmenistan cotton harvest has recently come to an end. Turkmenistan, a Central Asian…