International Workers, Employers, Governments Call on Uzbekistan to End Forced Labour

Posted on June 11, 2013 by | No Comments

For Immediate Release: June 11, 2013  The International Labour Organization supervisory body recommends that the Uzbek government to take urgent and serious action to end forced labour of children and adults in the cotton sector. (Geneva) – The Government ofUzbekistanshould take urgent and significant steps to end systematic forced labour of children and adults in [...]

Congress Turns a Critical Eye on Forced Labor in Uzbekistan

Posted on April 19, 2013 by | No Comments

By Jeff Goldstein, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) expressed grave concern that the government of Uzbekistan continues to force hundreds of thousands of men, women and children to labor in the annual cotton harvest.  Rep. Smith stated his concern yesterday, at an April 18 hearing of the House Foreign Affairs [...]

Uzbekistan continues forced labor: U.S. should urge reform

Posted on April 16, 2013 by | No Comments

Press Release: Global coalition calls on the United States to use its leverage end state-sponsored forced labor of children and adults in the cotton sector in Uzbekistan (April 16, 2013) – The US Department of State should place Uzbekistan in Tier 3 in the 2013 Global Trafficking in Persons Report (J/TIP) unless the Uzbek government invites [...]

Uzbekistan Must End State-Sponsored Slavery

Posted on March 15, 2013 by | No Comments

By Mark P. Lagon, Bennett Freeman and Nate Herman Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, Abdulaziz Kamilov, was one of the first foreign officials to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington this week. The meeting underscored Uzbekistan’s important role in the Northern Distribution Network, through which the United States moves supplies to the troops in [...]

“Action against child labor in Uzbekistan took place In Washington”

Posted on March 14, 2013 by | No Comments

The following article by Voice of America was originally published in the Uzbek language and is available here. The translation into English follows: “While the delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov visited Washington yesterday, U.S. activists held a protest in front of the Uzbek Embassy. Coalition of dozens of [...]

Demonstration for Human Rights: Today, 12:00 PM at Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, DC

Posted on March 11, 2013 by | No Comments

Global coalition of civil-society organizations call on the government of Uzbekistan to stop forced labor, forced child labor and human rights abuses (Washington, DC, March 11, 2013) – The government of Uzbekistan must end forced labor, forced child labor and human rights abuses, said Uzbek nationals in the U.S., the Cotton Campaign and the Child [...]

Kerry Should Raise Rights Abuses at Talks – Human Rights Watch Press Release

Posted on March 7, 2013 by | No Comments

Today, Human Rights Watch calls on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to raise human rights abuses during talks with Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov and other Uzbek officials, during their visit to Washington DC, March 11-13. The HRW press release is forwarded below and, along with other human rights issues that HRW addresses, conveys fundamental [...]

March 11 Demonstration: Stop Forced Labor, Forced Child Labor & Human Rights Abuses in Uzbekistan

Posted on March 6, 2013 by | No Comments

Join a Demonstration to Call on the Uzbek Government to Stop Forced Labor, Forced Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses in Uzbekistan During the Uzbekistan Foreign Minister’s visit to Washington, DC               March 11, 2013, 12 – 1 PM EST, at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, Massachusetts Ave. [...]

Uzbekistan: Call to Action to the US Government

Posted on January 31, 2013 by | No Comments

Press Release Uzbekistan: Call to Action to the US Government Civil Society organizations call on the US government to urge the end of state-sponsored forced labor in the cotton sector of Uzbekistan in the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report (January 31, 2013) – The US Department of State should downgrade Uzbekistan to Tier III in [...]

Uzbekistan: Forced Labor Widespread in Cotton Harvest More Adults, Older Children Required to Work, Abuses Persist

Posted on January 26, 2013 by | No Comments

By Human Rights Watch, January 26, 2013 Uzbek authorities have increased the use of forced labor by adults and older children in the cotton sector during the past year, Human Rights Watch said today. The move was apparently made to shift the burden away from younger children in response to public scrutiny and international pressure. [...]

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