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
2
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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4
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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5
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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6
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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7
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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8
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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9
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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Prosecutor of the city of Angren forced doctors to work in the cotton fields
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“Save the Uzbeks from the misfortune called cotton!!!”
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Teachers Hiring Workers to Pick Cotton
The BBC has learnt that the order to recall teachers and medical…
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…
Uzbek Official Insulted at Cotton Meeting Dies from Cerebral Haemorrhage after Suffering Humiliation
A 57-year-old khokim of the Ulugnor district of the Andijan region…
Teachers in Andijan Ordered to Hire Workers to Pick Cotton
September 20, 2017
A report received by the editorial…
Police Officers Release German “Stern” Journalist Detained near Tashkent (updated)
Elena Urlayeva, head of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan…
The hokim of Andizhan reneged on his promise and “state employees” were again sent to collect cotton
The hokim of the Andijan region, Shukhratbek Abdurakhmanov, who…
Some Workers Excused from Cotton Fields
Political Will Needed to End Forced Labor
(Washington, DC,…
Uzbekistan: Central Bank Orders Bank Employees to Recruit Workers to Collect Cotton
September 28 2017, Fergana region
On September 26, 2017, the…
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Article retrieved from Eurasianet.
Just as the annual cotton-picking…
An elderly man decided to pick cotton instead of his wife and died right in the field
The 58-year-old Andizhan resident Muzaffar Umrzakov, who went…
A large number of Uzbek students are called back from cotton fields
On September 21, the Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov instructed…
The Uzbek government has demanded to urgently call back students, teachers and doctors from the cotton fields
On September 22, the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov…
In Andijan those who send students, teachers and doctors to work in the fields will be prosecuted
Shahratbek Abdurakhmanov, the khokim of Andijan region, at a…
Cotton picker, having spent three days in the field, died from internal bleeding
Lobar Ashurova, a 28-year-old resident of the village “Pistakent”…
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Prosecutor of the city of Angren forced doctors to work in the cotton fields
Prosecutor of the city of Angren forced doctors to work in the cotton fields – UGF Harvest Report
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Prosecutor of the city of Angren forced doctors to work in the cotton fields October 16, 2017/in 2017 /by Sophie FalsiniOn September 28 at 8 am, the khokim of the city of Angren decided to send large ...
5 Cents Per Kilo: Why Uzbek Government Still Forces People To Pick Cotton
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Can you imagine living in a place where every year the government forces you to pick 50 kilos of cotton, every day, for 12 straight days, for just 5 cents a kilo? That's the reality in Uzbekistan.
Letter to Radio Ozodlik – UGF Harvest Report
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Letter to Radio Ozodlik October 13, 2017/in 2017, Ferghana Region, Syrdarya Region /by Maxie SyrenA cotton collector from Ferghana wrote a letter to Radio Ozodlik from a cotton field in the Sayhunabad...
#Uzbekistan: A teacher’s sad story and the essence of her pain
A Teacher’s Sad Story – UGF Harvest Report
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A Teacher’s Sad Story October 13, 2017/in 2017 /by Sophie FalsiniFor how long must we be victims of lies? What are the duties of a school director? Is it managing the school or sending people to fie...
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Largest Wholesale Market in Andijan Closed due to Recruitment of Traders to Cotton Harvest October 12, 2017/in 2017 /by Sophie FalsiniOn October 8, thousands of employees of state organizations from t...
Employees of Tashkent organizations hire cotton pickers at their own expense. Check the video here:
UGF » Employees of Tashkent Organizations Hire Cotton Pickers at their own Expense
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World Bank approves Uzbekistan cotton project despite #forcedlabour concerns #humanrights