Summary of Uzbek cotton harvest 2015
Leah Sullivan, Cotton Crimes Project Officer, 20 November 2015 Mass system of forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton industry was in full swing again and acivists harassed on unprecedentent scale. Keep reading »
Articles tagged with: Uzbekistan
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Forced labour powered cotton harvest starts
8 September 2015 Press release As the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan started last week with renewed concerns that government sponsored system of forced labour will continue this year, Anti-Slavery International has released a two minute animated video explaining the issue. The slavery system has been used grow and… Keep reading »
Cotton Crimes doodle video
8 September 2015 Leah Sullivan, Programme Assistant Very few people are interested in, or even know about, human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. Mention fast fashion, sweatshops and labour rights, most people will think of countries like Bangladesh and Cambodia, from where much of our clothes is exported directly to… Keep reading »
Uzbekistan: US TiP Report supports forced labour
Press release U.S. decisions on Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in Trafficking in Persons report supports state-sponsored forced labour and fails victims. UZBEKISTAN The U.S. government upgraded the Uzbek government’s ranking in its 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report despite noting that “government-compelled forced labour of adults remains endemic.” The unwarranted decision… Keep reading »
Uzbekistan: cotton harvest fosters slavery and extortion
13 April 2015 Uzbek Government forces labour and extorts funds from citizens and corporations. “The government’s riches, the people’s burden. Human rights violations in Uzbekistan’s 2014 cotton harvest” – new report highlights how the cotton harvest fosters modern day slavery and extortion. In 2014, the government of Uzbekistan forced… Keep reading »
Forced labour in 2014 Uzbekistan cotton harvest
14 November 2014 17 people lost their lives and millions, including children, were forced to pick cotton in the 2014 Uzbek cotton harvest in one of the largest state-sponsored systems of forced labour in the world, said the Cotton Campaign in its annual Uzbekistan cotton harvest review. According to… Keep reading »
Petition demanding end of forced labour delivered to Uzbek embassy
30 September 2014 Each year the Government of Uzbekistan mobilizes millions of Uzbek citizens to participate as forced laborers in the state-run cotton harvest. Anti-Slavery International and our partners from the Cotton Campaign, attempted to hand in a petition with over 2,700 signatures to the Uzbek embassy… Keep reading »
Petition demanding end of forced labour delivered to Uzbek embassy in London
Each year the Government of Uzbekistan mobilizes millions of Uzbek citizens to participate as forced laborers in the state-run cotton harvest. Anti-Slavery International and our partners from the Cotton Campaign, attempted to hand in a petition with over 2,700 signatures to the Uzbek embassy in London but they… Keep reading »
2013 Uzbek Cotton Harvest update
28 November 2013 2013 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan with use of forced labour on big scale. Review of the 2013 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan released by the cotton campaign. The Uzbek government again systematically forced children and adults to pick cotton and farmers to produce state-established quotas of cotton… Keep reading »
Intervention on forced labour in Uzbekistan for European Parliament
10 September 2013 Statement from the cotton campaign on the start of the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan The 2013 cotton harvest is underway in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Cotton Industry Association “Uzkhlopkoprom” estimates a total harvest of 3.35 million tons, making Uzbekistan the 6th largest cotton producer and… Keep reading »