Urgent Action Needed:
Alternative Turkmenistan News reporter Gaspar Matalaev remains imprisoned on false charges of fraud. Matalaev likely remains imprisoned due to his work monitoring state-sponsored forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton harvest.
We call for Gaspar Matalaev’s immediate release, and for the governments and international organizations that work with Turkmenistan to use all channels available to pressure the Turkmen authorities to end his detention, as well as the harassment of other human rights defenders.
We call for Gaspar Matalaev’s immediate release, and for the governments and international organizations that work with Turkmenistan to use all channels available to pressure the Turkmen authorities to end his detention, as well as the harassment of other human rights defenders.
Please speak out today to demand the Turkmen government immediately release Gaspar Matalaev!
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The Cotton Campaign is a global coalition of human rights, labor, investor and business organizations dedicated to eradicating child labor and forced labor in cotton production. Our goals are to end the state systems of forced labor in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan’s cotton sectors. We pursue our goals by advocating to the governments of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan; advocating to governments, companies, investors, and international institutions to use their influence with the governments of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan; supporting civil society in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan; and raising public awareness and activism.
State Sponsored Labor in Uzbekistan
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