Petition demanding end of forced labour delivered to Uzbek embassy in London 30 September 2014 Blog 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…
2013 Uzbek Cotton Harvest update 28 November 2013 Blog, News 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…
Intervention on forced labour in Uzbekistan for European Parliament 10 September 2013 Blog, News 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…
ILO Calls on Uzbekistan to End Forced Labour 11 June 2013 Blog, News 11 June 2013 International workers, employers, governments call on Uzbekistan to end Forced labour. The International Labour Organization Supervisory Body recommends that the Uzbek government takes urgent and serious action to end Forced labour of children and adults in the…
Cotton Crimes: H&M success and call on Nike to end complicity in Uzbekistan’s slavery 18 April 2013 Blog, News 18 April 2013 H&M takes steps to stop complicity in Uzbek Forced labour In response to our campaign and the hundreds of emails sent by Anti-Slavery supporters, H&M moved to take some steps to limit the risk of its products…
Uzbekistan 2012 Cotton Harvest: Continued Forced Labor of Older Children and Adults 20 December 2012 Blog, News 20 December 2012 The 2012 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has concluded, and the system of forced labour of cotton production remained the same as in previous years. The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Cotton Campaign (of which Anti-Slavery…
EU Support for ILO Mission Crucial to Ending Forced Child Labour 31 May 2012 Blog, News 31 May 2012 The European Union should urge the Uzbek government to grant access to the International Labour Organization (ILO) to monitor the 2012 cotton harvest, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations said in letters to the European Union High Representative…
EU rejects trade deal with Uzbekistan over child slavery concerns 11 November 2011 Blog 15 November 2011 The European Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected a trade agreement with Uzbekistan that would have made it easier for the European Union to import textiles made by cotton harvested by children in slavery. MEPS voted, 603 to eight,…
Eastbourne students visit Euro Parliament to protect children in slavery 7 November 2011 Blog 7 November 2011 Students from Eastbourne are descending upon the European Parliament this week to demand the European Union does more to protect children in Uzbekistan from slavery. Along with representatives from Anti-Slavery International, five year 10 students from Bishop…
European Commission puts ‘cotton before children’ by rewarding Uzbekistan for child slavery 29 July 2011 Blog 29 July 2011 The European Commission has refused to consider ending trade preferences to Uzbekistan despite the hundreds of thousands of children forced to pick the country’s cotton harvest each autumn. Uzbekistan is the third largest exporter of cotton in…