This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Aziz Nur contributed a whooping 48 entries.
One of Ozodlik’s followers from Andijan claims that veterinarians force people to pick cotton before they will provide any service to their pets: “I am from Andijan. The reason why I am writing to you is that there are so many strange things happening in my everyday life due to the cotton harvest that is […]
A follower of Ozodlik from the Navoi region claims that there is no dentist in the village’s medical clinic: “I live in the Karmana district of the Navoi region. I am writing to inform you that there are no dentists in the local medical clinic called “Ibn-Sino”. They have all been sent to pick cotton. […]
Police arrested the independent journalist Malohat Eshonkulova and the human rights activist Elena Urlaeva while they were visiting the Olot district on a fact-finding mission on the use of forced labour on October 9, 2016. According to Malohat Eshonkulova, police officers insulted them, strip-searched them, and were only allowed to go home after a long […]
Farkhod Mamaev from the village of Saratepa in the Dustlik district of Jizzakh region claimed that two local police officers from the district police department beat him for refusing to pick cotton. Farkhod Mamaev is 32 years old and works as a regular employee at a farm in Saratepa village. According to Farkhod Mamaev, […]
Police detained human rights activist Elena Urlaeva, photographer Timur Karpov and two French men in Buka district of Tashkent region on October 6, 2016. They were brought to the local district police station. They were detained there for several hours. According to Elena Urlaeva, she was beaten and assaulted. Elena describes the situation: “Timur […]
One of Ozodlik’s followers from Bukhara has complained about being forced to pick cotton despite cold weather: “Students of the Medical College in Bukhara are being forced to pick cotton every day regardless of their age and weather conditions. We have been sent out to pick cotton every day for the last 10 days. […]
Weather conditions in Uzbekistan have been deteriorating since the end of last week and as a result, more people are being mobilized to pick cotton. Due to cold weather and frequent rain, more cotton pickers are deserting the cotton fields, leading to more students and teachers from universities in Tashkent being forced to pick cotton, […]
This story is about a woman working as a college teacher. She was also mobilized for the second term of cotton picking. She left for the cotton fields on September 19. But before that, she had tried to refuse to pick cotton this year as she had picked cotton for 30 days last year. She […]
Nazira is a doctor. She is a gynecologist at the Screening Center in Andijan. She has 21 years of work experience. I was sent out to pick cotton on September 19. I was mobilized as part of the second cotton picking group for 15 days. The first one returned from the cotton fields on September […]
According to a source of Eltuz.com from the district department of public education, the head of the pre-school educational institution No.1 in Uchkuprik district was hit by a car when she was on her way to a cotton planning meeting. The accident took place while the victim was crossing a road in front of the […]