Rights group calls for UN action on Uzbekistan
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its national review…
Tag: cotton
MEPs to endorse slave labour: HRW
A Soviet propaganda poster urging peasants to speed up cotton production in Russian and Uzbek. Cotton production in Uzbekistan has long been politically…
EU backs cotton deal with Uzbek ‘slavers’
The cotton harvest falls during the hottest months. Source: Wikimedia Members of the European Parliament have backed a textile trade…
Deaths blamed on Uzbek cotton recruitment
Large areas of Uzbek society are disrupted by the cotton harvest. Source: Eurasian Times Radio Free Europe is arguing that…
Uzbeks suffer fresh cotton ‘slavery’
Historic Samarkand is a key cotton-producing province. Source: Eurasia Times Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest is in full swing and an…
Tashkent accused of cotton slavery
Uzbek cotton is weighed. Source: Wikimedia A report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan among the five worst offenders in terms…