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The Uzbek Ministry of Labour made an official statement about the prohibition of use of child and forced labour during cotton harvest. The statement confirms that the use of forced and child labor infringes state’s laws as well as Conventions of International Labour Organisation (ILO). Nevertheless, public sector employees in Uzbekistan are still being forcibly […]
A student from Samarkand complained to Radio Ozodlik about problems arising due to cotton harvest: “I am a student of the Samarkand State University. I am writing you to inform that there is a strict cotton-picking policy being carried out in the Pastdargom district of Samarkand. Students are forced to pick 80 kg of cotton […]
“I work as a nurse. My husband is a disabled man of the second level. I myself have bronchial asthma. Nevertheless, my employer forces me to go and pick cotton in the second term of the cotton harvest. I work full-time at a hospital. I do not make enough money there, my salary is low. […]
“The Khokim of the Chinaz district Makhmud Eshonov, the head of the Chinaz district police Temurov and the Prosecutor of the Chinaz district Damir Makhmudov use repressive means to force people to pick cotton. Even though cotton picking is considered a voluntary practice, unit leaders and the of organizations in the Chinaz district who do […]
According to Radio Ozodlik, college students picking cotton in one of the districts of Karakalpakstan were dismissed from cotton picking on the eve of interim president Shavkat Mirziyoev’s visit: “The college students picking cotton in the Khojayli district were brought back to their homes last evening. Mr. Mirziyoev is coming. However, all of the students […]
On September 25, 2016, the human rights activist Elena Urlaeva went down to the cotton fields located in the Quyichirchiq district of Tashkent region in order to verify changes in the use of forced labor during the cotton harvest. On September 17 2016, Elena Urlaeva had met with the doctors of the Central Hospital of […]
Students of the Tashkent Medical Academy’s branch in Ferghana are forced to walk 2 hours every day to reach a cotton field. They are currently picking cotton in the fields of Tojik village in the Quva district (Ferghana region). Officials denied this information, saying that students were transported by cars. Students of the Medical Academy […]
This message was sent to Ozodlik by one of its readers from the Asaka district. He/she complains that the school administration forcibly collects money for the cotton harvest: “Let me tell you what is going on in the Asaka district. My family and me took a loan from the bank for our start-up company. We […]
“I was born in 1994 in Andijan. I have a child. I was accepted for studies in one of Andijan’s universities. I was given a scholarship for my studies, too. Nevertheless, just a week after my studies had begun, we were all taken to pick cotton. Even though I have a son and I have […]
One of the followers of Ozodlik sent a message about the ways of how people are forced to pick cotton in Uzbekistan: “My brother came back to Uzbekistan to change his outdated passport. So he paid a visit to our local police office that is located on A. Somiy Street (5th micro-district, Bukhara). However, my […]