Findings of the UGF Monitoring 2017
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Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan
Capital: Nukus
Population: 1 711 800
Working population: 984 800 (57,53 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 188 000
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Navoiy Region
Capital: Navoiy
Population: 888 400
Working population: 545 500 (61,40 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 110 000
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Kashkadarya Region
Capital: Qarshi
Population: 2 831 300
Working Population: 1 618, 100 (57,15 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 420 000
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Khorezm Region
Capital: Urgench
Population: 1 653 800
Working Population: 922 100
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 258 000
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Bukhara Region
Capital: Bukhara
Population: 1 729 700
Working population: 1 030 000 (59,55 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 342 000
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Surkhandarya Region
Capital: Termiz
Population: 2 260 600
Working Population: 1 284 300 (56,81 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 335 600
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Samarkand Region
Capital: Samarkand
Population: 3 380 900
Working population: 1 952 800 (57,76 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 228 700
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Namangan Region
Capital: Namangan
Population: 2 458 700
Working Population: 1 474 300 (59,96 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: N/A
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Jizzakh Region
Capital: Jizzakh
Population: 1 205 000
Working population: 696 300 (57,78 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 224 000
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Syrdarya Region
Capital: Guliston
Population: 750 600
Working population: 440 800 (58,73 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton produced in 2015: N/A
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Tashkent Region
Capital: Tashkent
Population: 2 695 700
Working population: 1 588 600 (58,93 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 255 400
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Andijan Region
Capital: Andijan
Population: 2 756 400
Working Population: 1 637 200 (59,40 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 293 100
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Fergana Region
Capital: Fergana
Population: 3 329 700
Working Population: 1 940 800 (58,29 %)
Tonnes of raw cotton collected in 2015: 280 000
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The Issue at Stake
Uzbekistan’s Forced Labor System of Cotton Production
Every year, the Uzbek government forcibly mobilizes over a million citizens to grow and harvest cotton. Farmers are forced to grow cotton and deliver production quotas under threats of penalty, including the loss of the lease to farm the land, criminal charges and fines. Over a million citizens are forced to pick cotton and deliver harvest quotas under threat of penalty, including expulsion from school, job loss, and loss of social security benefits…
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Mayor of Andijan Intimidates and Humiliates to Meet Cotton Quota
Transcript of the audio recordings of a meeting on the collection…
Mayor of Andijan Uses Verbal Abuse to Humiliate and Intimidate Directors for not Providing Workers to Pick Cotton
The mayor of Andijan, Dilmurod Rahmatullayev, has been recorded…
Uzbek Official Unleashes Torrent of Abuse at Cotton Meeting
Intimidation, threats, and humiliation used to meet cotton quotas
(Berlin,…
Doctors and Teachers from Andijan Picking Cotton in Tashkent Region
Reports coming to our editorial office say that “although the…
Voices from the Fields. When will the cotton harvest end?
Employees of state organizations and students of colleges and…
Interview with a Teacher of a Secondary School, Sirdarya Region
3 November 2017
For…
“We have been picking cotton in Syrdarya for 50 days now. We have only been able to wash ourselves once in a pond.”
A member of staff from Andijan Region’s…
Сhildren at the Age of 11-12 Picking Cotton
Children in the Andijan Region Pick Cotton
On November 3, 2017, human rights activist Elena Urlayeva visited…
Forced to Work on Cotton Fields, Andijan People Pay their Own Way Home
Thousands of workers forcibly sent to harvest cotton…
Another Victim of “Cotton-2017” Campaign: Kindergarten Teacher Dies in Field of Asthma Attack.
A teacher at the pre-school educational establishment №3 in…
Organizations received orders from the hokim to hand over cotton
Radio Ozodlik published a letter signed by the Akhangaran district…
Hokim of Samarkand district, Shukhrat Djamolov, Demonstrates Particular Cruelty in the Mobilization of Medical Workers to Collect Cotton
Despite assurances by Uzbek officials that teachers and doctors…
In Samarkand, a Student Jumped out of a Bus on the Way to Forced Labor in the Cotton Harvest
A student of the socio-economic department of Samarkand State…
A Shop in a Market has been Shut for not Picking Cotton
A photo has triggered discussions on Facebook. It shows shop…
Workers of GM Uzbekistan Sent to Collect Cotton
Thousands of workers and employees of the General Motors (GM)…
Over 30,000 People Sent by Train to Collect Cotton
Since the beginning of October, more than 30,000 residents…
Uzbek Farmers Spend Night Behind Bars for Selling Cucumbers instead of Picking Cotton
On October 18, at a meeting of the administration of the Shahrisabz…
Victim of the 2017 cotton harvest
A 60-year old resident of the village of Sharkobod in the Sokh…
Teachers of Andijan Medical Institute Forced to Hire Cotton Pickers
Teachers of the Andijan State Medical Institute have written…
Victims of forced labor in Uzbekistan – 58-year-old convict and children’s doctor
This year’s cotton harvest has demanded its first victims:…
Human Rights Activists Detained in Samarkand
The two Uzbek human rights activists Malohat Eshonqulova and…
Three doctors of the highest rank have been fired for refusing to pick cotton
The head of the Samarkand district administration has dismissed…
“I am here to re-programme your brain” – Teachers Warned they Must Contribute to Cotton Harvest
Radio Ozodlik has published a video portraying the meeting that…
“Save the Uzbeks from the misfortune called cotton!!!”
A cotton collector from Ferghana wrote a letter to Radio Ozodlik…
Sick Mothers and Abandoned Children
Mothers who have been hired to pick cotton instead of teachers…
1,100 Cotton Pickers Arrived in Dustlik District
On September 27, 2017, activist Malokhat Eshonkulova visited…
Teachers in Fergana to be Sent to Karakalpakstan to Pick Cotton
“A campaign to send 40,000 volunteers from the Fergana Valley…
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Minister of Public Education: “Forced Labor was Considered Patriotic”
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The Minister of Public Education, Ulugbek Inoyatov, admitted that he lacked the political will to put an end to the…
Shavkat Mirziyoyev: “Deception is Betrayal”
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The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, claimed that he is perfectly aware of the real situation in…
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Human Rights Activist Fined for Refusing to Paint Walls of House Yellow for Arrival of Mirziyoyev
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Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights e.V. shared a link.
Majlis Podcast: Is There Now More Media Freedom In Uzbekistan?
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This latest podcast was prompted by the release on March 28 of a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) titled You Can’t See Them, But They’re Always There: Censorship And Freedom Of The Media In Uzbe...
Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights e.V. shared a link.
Going against the tide, Uzbekistan is trying to unravel a police state
smh.com.au
It's a rare example of a country seeking to tame a vicious security apparatus at a time when many other nations are doing the opposite.
https://eurasianet.org/s/uzbekistan-security-services-still-see-opposition-as-threat
Uzbekistan: Security services still see opposition as threat
eurasianet.org
The head of Uzbekistan's security services reprised a host of old fears while addressing parliament. Among those were the opposition, which he described as a danger to public order.