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Eight of twelve provinces reporting so far: Tashkent region
Fergana.ru has posted a remarkable photo essay from the Iangiiul area cotton fields.
Read the article in English here.
It makes for sad reading, with twelve year olds afraid to speak to reporters in the fields due to their teachers and police nearby. Trying to pitch in alongside, the reporters left coughing [...]
Fergana province is no exception
One of our sources reports that university students, high school students and schoolchildren in and around Marghilon city (Fergana province) have in fact been sent out to pick cotton.
Sign the Stop Uzbek Child Labor Petition Now!
The American Federation of Teachers wants Uzbekistan’s children and teachers back in the classroom, not in the cotton fields. Support their call here:
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If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, please consider showing your support in person in front of Uzbekistan’s Embassy at a rally on October 14.
Independent World Report calls out European brands: join the boycott!
Editor Tasneem Khalil put together an amazing piece of work on the issue, asking why political entities (the EU) and the intergovernmental set (UNICEF) are lagging behind corporations in taking action on forced child labor in Uzbek cotton. They clearly need to do more–much more—to catch up with corporate actors who have taken the [...]
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Download 2010 SOAS Report What Has Changed
The production and export of cotton continues to be a major feature of the economy, politics and everyday lives of the people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This report analyses the nature and causes of their use of child labour in the cotton sector.