News from Uzbekistan

“Jailed journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov gravely ill” UzNews, 18 May 2013

“Uzbek media remains silent on anniversary of Andijan massacre” UzNews, 17 May 2013

“Uzbek resident accused of beating judge” UzNews, 16 May 2013

“Uzbek schoolchildren forced to weed cotton fields” UzNews, 16 May 2013

“In Angren all residents mobilized to weed cotton fields” UzNews, 16 May 2013

“US: Activists call for halt to Uzbek cotton imports” Just-Style, 16 May 2013

“Group Seeks Ban on Uzbekistan Cotton Imports” Women’s Wear Daily, 15 May 2013

“Bahodyr Yuldashev: “I left to save the newspaper”” UzNews, 13 May 2013

“Andijan’s marathon cancelled in wake of Boston blasts” UzNews, 13 May 2013

“A massacre that should not fade into history” European Voice, 12 May 2013

“Uzbek opposition to meet in Turkey” World Bulletin, 7 May 2013

“Bakhtiyar Hamrayev: Tributes paid to Uzbek activist” BBC, 7 May 2013

“Bahtiyor Hamrayev – short man but big heart” UzNews, 7 May 2013

“Jizak-based human rights activist Bahtiyor Hamrayev dies” UzNews, 7 May 2013

“Freedom for Abdurahmanov, Freedom for Sayid” UzNews, 3 May 2013

“Uzbek farmer dies of heart attack after being beaten by police officer” CA-News, 30 APril 2013

“Uzbek president pledges support for farmers again” UzNews, 1 May 2013

“USA calls for release of Abdurahmanov” UzNews, 1 May 2013

“Uzbekistan has high potential for investment cooperation” The Times of Central Asia, 29 April 2013

“Does meeting Blake help you? It helps me…” UzNews, 26 April 2013

“Blake handles the dictatorship gently in Tashkent” UzNews, 26 April 2013

“Vice governor beats 8 people at government meeting in Uzbekistan” CA-News, 26 April 2013

“Uzbekistan threatened with loss of trade preferences in EU” UzNews, 25 April 2013

“We Shouldn’t Be Wearing Slave Labor on Our Sleeves” Bloomberg View, 25 April 2013

“Uzbek independent journalists urge Robert Blake to defend journalists” UzNews, 24 April 2013

“UN Office at Geneva to quiz Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan on human rights” UzNews, 23 April 2013

“Tvångsarbete på bomullsfälten” Briefing Ekonomi, 22 April 2013

“Governments of Turkmenistan and Uzbeistan stand out as among most represive in the world, says Human Rights Watch” CA-News, 22 April 2013

“Angren police prevent activist from lunching with US ambassador” UzNews, 19 April 2013

“Tashkent court fines opposition leader in absentia” UzNews, 18 April 2013

“Uzbek day labourers setting up trade union” UzNews, 18 April 2013

“Ўзбек ҳуқуқбонлари NIKEни почта орқали уялтирмоқчи” Radio Liberty, 18 April 2013

“Коалиция «Хлопковая кампания» призывает США заставить Узбекистан отказаться от хлопкорабов“ Fergana, 18 April 2013

“UZBEKISTAN: Activists call for Nike to end dealings with Daewoo International” Just-Style, 18 April 2013

“ICRC decides to terminate visits to detainees in Uzbekistan” CA-News, 18 April 2013

“Activists call for Nike to cut ties to Daewoo” Bloomberg Businessweek, 17 April 2013

“US State Department urged to punish Uzbekistan for child labour” UzNews, 17 April 2013

“‘Please Stop Exploiting People’” In These Times, 11 April 2013

“O’zbekistonda bolalar majburiy mehnatiga qarshi namoyish, Vashington” Voice of America, 15 March 2013

“All countries in Central Asia, with exception of Kyrgyzstan, are named authoritarian regimes in Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index” CA-News, 25 March 2013

“Promoting the “Princess of Uzbekistan” Eurasianet, 19 March 2013

“Uzbekistan Says It Repels Afghans from Border” Eurasianet, 18 March 2013

“Uzbekistan and EU discuss cooperation” Trends, 18 March 2013

“Princess of Uzbekistan” Discusses Presidency in Interview” Eurasianet, 15 March 2013

“Uzbekistan once again embraced by USA” UzNews, 14 March 2013

“Human rights activist Tojiboy-ugli fined again” UzNews, 12 March 2013

“German MP offended by Uzbek parliamentary visit” UzNews, 11 March 2013

“Uzbekistan: an important but problematic ally” Financial Times, 7 March 2013

“Uzbekistan: The leading lady” Financial Times, 7 March 2013

“Exiled rights activist aims to file case against Uzbek president’s elder daughter in Europe” UzNews, 7 March 2013

“What do Uzbek women want?” UzNews, 7 March 2013

“Women continue hunger strike on International Women’s Day in Uzbek capital” UzNews, 7 March 2013

“Rights group says journalist convicted despite 25 gross procedural violations” UzNews, 5 March 2013

“Uzbek President Islam Karimov regards democracy as a source of moral decay” UzNews, 4 March 2013

“Mutabar Tajibayeva lodges complaint to the UN Human Rights committee” UzNews, 1 March 2013

“New NGO to help Central Asian migrants in Russia” UzNews, 1 March 2013

“German Partner Uzbekistan Plunders German Companies” Eurasia Net, 1 March 2013

“Uzbekistan scares off German companies” DW, 28 February 2013

“French foreign minister urged to help artist Ahunov travel abroad” UzNews, 28 February 2013

“Uzbekistan: Capitol Hill Coddles Karimov” EurasiaNet, 28 February 2013

“Uzbekistan’s Coca-Cola Problem: Is It the Real Thing?” EurasiaNet, 27 February 2013

“Activists fail to persuade OSCE to come to defence of Karakalpak journalist” UzNews, 26 February 2013

“Uzbekistan’s slave labor problem” CNN, 25 February 2013

“Picket held in defence of Uzbek imam in Stockholm” UzNews, 25 February 2013

“CNN reports on child labour in Uzbek cotton industry” UzNews, 22 February 2013

“Cotton exporters force child labor” CNN, 21 February 2013

“Uzbek migrant workers allowed to leave country again” UzNews, 21 February 2013

“Uzbekistan preventing migrant workers from going to Russia” UzNews, 20 February 2013

“Uzbekistan carefully weighing impact of WTO membership on its economy” CA-News, 15 February 2013

“British, US diplomats visit activists in Jizak” UzNews, 15 February 2013

“The Life Of The Uzbek Cotton Farmer” 14 February 2013

“Is cheap stuff worth child labor?” MSN Money, 12 February 2013

“Convicted journalist Sayid complains about torture, violence” UzNews, 12 February 2013

“Human rights body calls for release of Salijon Abdurahmanov” UzNews, 12 February 2013

“Jizak-based activist under round-the-clock watch” UzNews, 12 February 2013

“‘Volunteering’ Gone Mad in Uzbekistan” Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 7 February 2013

“Pardoning bypasses political dissidents in Uzbekistan” UzNews, 7 February 2013

“Uzbekistan requests assistance from NATO in defense education” CA-News, 5 February 2013

“A Bad Deal With Uzbekistan” Letter to the Editor, New York Times, 2 February 2013

“Uzbekistan remains ‘nightmare for journalists‘” UzNews, 1 February 2013

“Maybe the Dog Will Bark… Higher Cotton Prices?” ICAC, 1 February 2013

“As NATO Prepares for Afghan Withdrawal, Uzbekistan Seeks War’s Leftovers” New York Times, 31 January 2013

“Karimov gets “present”: 100,000 views of ‘Massacre in Uzbekistan’” UzNews, 29 January 2013

“UZBEKISTAN: H&M strengthens cotton commitments” Just-Style, 29 January 2013

“Uzbek olam.uz news site shut down, staff accused of high treason” UzNews, 29 January 2013

“Forced labour still problem in Uzbek cotton fields – rights watchdog” UzNews, 28 January 2013

“Uzbek govt to modernize Sifat cotton certification centre” Fiber2Fashion, 24 January 2013

“UZBEKISTAN: Forced labour “continuing” in 2012 cotton harvest” Just-Style, 22 January 2013

“Andijan’s enterprises suffering losses because of blackouts” UzNews, 17 January 2013

“Uzbek deputy mayor under trial on embezzlement charges” UzNews, 14 January 2013

“Local EU Statement on the release of Ms. Gul’naza Juldasheva” 11 January 2013

“Singapore firm increases investment in Uzbek textile factory” Uzbekistan Business Newswire, 10 January 2013

“Cotton slavery” Joanna Ewart-James, Anti-Slavery International, in The Guardian, 10 January 2013

“Conservative MP ‘promoted cotton trade linked to child labour‘” The Ecologist, 2 January 2012

“Uzbekistan 2012 Cotton Harvest: Continued State-Sponsored Forced Labor of Children and Adults” Fergana Information Agency, 24 December 2012

“Prominent lawyer Pulatova detained in Tashkent” UzNews, 19 December 2012

“Correction: Gulshan Karayeva amnestied before trial” UzNews, 19 December 2012

“Gulshan Karayeva convicted, and immediately pardoned” UzNews, 18 December 2012

“Uzbekistan: Political prisoner Murad Juraev is sentenced to another term of imprisonment” Fergana Information Agency, 17 December 2012

“한국 기업, 우즈베크 강제 아동노동 개선을” The Hankyoreh, 17 December 2012

“Uzbekistan: Political prisoner Murad Juraev is sentenced to another term of imprisonment” Fergana Information Agency, 17 December 2012

“H&M ne doit pas utiliser de coton récolté par des ouvriers forcés de travailler” La Nouvelle T.com, 17 December 2012

“Branson launches campaign to end slavery” Financial Times, 16 December 2012

“Activists urge H&M to quit Uzbek cotton” The Local: Sweden’s News in English, 16 December 2012

“H&M comes under pressure to act on child-labour cotton” The Guardian, 16 December 2012

“Uzbekistan: Where law is now a tool of repression” New Europe Post, 15 December 2012

“Stroehlein writes letter about torture to Karimova” UzNews, 14 December 2012

“Namangan Region-based inventor stops hunger strike after son’s arrest” UzNews, 14 December 2012

“House arrest lifted for Birdamlik’s leader in Uzbekistan” UzNews, 13 December 2012

“Gulshan Karayeva accused of writing for Uznews.net” UzNews, 13 December 2012

“New plant on hosiery production launched in Uzbekistan” UzDaily, 13 December 2012

“Letter to Gulnara Karimova” Andrew Stroehlein, 12 December 2012

“Uzbek government Vice President – Rustam Azimov: successor or scape goat?” Fergana Information Agency, 12 December 2012

“OSCE assists Uzbekistan in developing agricultural co-operatives” CA-News, 12 December 2012

“Uzbek citizen hangs himself in Moscow detention centre after threats from Uzbek security services” Fergana Information Agency, 12 December 2012

“Birdamlik holds pickets in Washington” UzNews, 11 December 2012

“Jizak-based human rights activist under 15-day arrest” UzNews, 11 December 2012

“Quiz on Uzbek constitution dispersed in Tashkent” UzNews, 10 December 2012

“Uzbekistan’s Karimov Says Democratization “A Long” and “Gradual” Process” Eurasia Net, 9 December 2012

“World cotton price down” UzNews, 8 December 2012

“Who will be pardoned by Uzbek Senate?” UzNews, 8 December 2012

“Karimova fails to condemn torture in Uzbekistan, Twitter” UzNews, 8 December 2012

“Human Rights Watch: Free Uzbek Political Prisoners on Constitution Day” Fergana Information Agency, 6 December 2012

“Opposition movement of Uzbekistan to picket White House in Washington D.C.” CA-News, 6 December 2012

“Uzbekistan’s corruption index: it is worse only in Afghanistan, Somali…” UzNews, 5 December 2012

“Human Rights Alliance joins Birdamlik’s “white” campaign” UzNews, 5 December 2012

“Hydropower projects of SCO countries should take into account international review findings, says Vice PM of Uzbekistan” CA-News, 5 December 2012

“Remittance turnover between Uzbekistan and Russia grows by 30.14%” UzDaily, 5 December 2

“Transparency: Two-Thirds Of Countries Perceived To Be ‘Highly Corrupt‘” Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty, 5 December 2012

“Global Cotton Production to Continue Declining in 2013/14” ICAC, 3 December 2012

“Turkmenistan Big Beneficiary Of Pentagon Money, While Uzbekistan Lags” EurasiaNet, 3 December 2012

“Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan say construction of Kambar-Ata-1 hydropower plant requires international review” CA-News, 3 December 2012

“Shoot Me: Gulshan, we are with you!” UzNews, 1 December 2012

Chronicle Of Forced Child Labour 2012, Uzbek – German Forum for Human Rights, 2012

 ”Association for Human Rights in Central Asia: There are more than 2,000 political prisoners in Uzbekistan“, Fergana Information Agency, 30 November 2012

“Uzbek opposition movement to hold another peaceful “white” campaign” UzNews, 30 November 2012

“Germany gives 100 mln euros to Uzbekistan for transit of goods from Afghanistan during 2005-2011” CA-News, 30 November 2012

“Action: Sign petition to defend Gulshan Karayeva!” UzNews, 29 November 2012

“Gulshan Karayeva is mirror of Karimov’s regime” UzNews, 28 November 2012

“Uzbek independent journalists ask EU envoy to help free political prisoners” UzNews, 28 November 2012

“Writer Mamadali Mahmudov receives head injury in prison” UzNews, 28 November 2012

“Buying Uzbek help for Afghanistan withdrawal” DW, 28 November 2012

“EU’s Ashton urged to speak of murder attempt against Obid-kori Nazarov in Sweden” UzNews, 28 November 2012

“Karshi-based rights activist Karayeva threatened with court case” UzNews, 27 November 2012

“EU’s Ashton Visiting Georgia, Central Asia” Radio Liberty, 26 November 2012

“The Cotton Campaign: Who Are You Wearing?” Good Men Project, 24 November 2012

“Uzbekistan: Samarkand college teachers attracted to the construction of houses” Fergana Information Agency, 23 November 2012

“Day to end impunity” UzNews, 23 November 2012

“Human Rights Watch urges EU to help political prisoners in Central Asia” UzNews, 23 November 2012

“Shaping Sustainability in the Cotton Value Chain” ICAC Press Release, 20 November 2012

“Japan hands over 12 harvesters to poor farmers in Tajikistan” CA-News, 20 November 2012

“Uzbekistan hides jailed journalist from Red Cross” UzNews, 19 November 2012

“Opposition party assembly in Tashkent behind mop up of human rights activists” UzNews, 16 November 2012

“Two human rights activists detained in Tashkent” UzNews, 15 November 2012

“Uzbekistan, Korea discuss prospective cooperation” CA-News, 15 November 2012

“UN experts call for more protection of human rights of vulnerable groups affected by business activities” UN News Centre, 3 November 2012

“Mercedes-Benz regrets about Guli’s presence China fashion week” UzNews, 13 November 2012

“Rights activists fined for picketing Uzbek president’s residence” UzNews, 12 November 2012

“MTS case: Hit on Karimov’s nose works” UzNews, 10 November 2012

“Uzbek Court Reverses Decision To Seize Russian Mobile Operator’s Assets” Radio Liberty, 9 November 2012

“Uzbekistan: court cancels nationalisation of MTS Uzbekistan in exchange for $600 million” Fergana Information Agency, 9 November 2012

“Uzbek authorities decide to return property of MTS-Uzbekistan” CA-News, 9 November 2012

“UZBEKISTAN: Cotton ban gains momentum with apparel firms” Just-Style, 9 November 2012

“Uzbekistan court overturns ruling to seize MTS subsidiary’s assets in a rare climbdown” Associated Press, in Washington Post, 9 November 2012

“Court frees up assets of Russia’s MTS in Uzbekistan” Reuters, 9 November 2012

“Uzbek authorities decide to return property of MTS-Uzbekistan” CA-News, 9 November 2012

“Uzbek Court Reverses Decision To Seize Russian Mobile Operator’s Assets” Radio Liberty, 9 November 2012

“Sunshine Uzbekistan: A Conversation with Sanjar Umarov” Sharnoff’s Global Views, 6 November 2012

“Opposition leader’s father fined $11,000” UzNews, 7 November 2012

“Uzbekistan to use new technologies to pack cotton-fiber” UzDaily, 6 November 2012

“Uzbek judge’s honour rated at nearly $350” UzNews, 6 November 2012

“Human rights activist arrested for seeking meeting with Uzbek prosecutor-general” UzNews, 3 November 2012

“UN experts call for more protection of human rights of vulnerable groups affected by business activities” UN News Centre, 3 November 2012

“More Than 100 Top Brands Boycott Uzbek Cotton Over Forced Labor” Radio Liberty, 2 November 2012

“Over 100 companies boycotting Uzbek cotton” UzNews, 2 November 2012

“Over 100 top brands boycott Uzbek cotton over forced child labor” CA-News, 2 November 2012

“Geographical Shift in Cotton Mill Use” Press Release, International Cotton Advisory Committee, 1 November 2012

“Uzbekistan: Over 100 Companies Eschew Uzbek Cotton” EurasiaNet, 1 November 2012

“Lyceum students face expulsion for not picking cotton” UzNews, 30 October 2012

“Schoolchildren in cotton fields in Kashkadarya” UzNews, 25 October 2012

“Uzbekistan: Human rights activists discover school children at cotton fields in Kashkadarya region” Fergana, 25 October 2012

“Prominent Uzbek Artist Banned From Travel” Radio Liberty, 25 October 2012

“Kyrgyz journalist Alisher Saipov was murdered five years ago” UzNews, 25 October 2012

“Uzbekistan, UK discuss bilateral cooperation” CA-NEWS, 25 October 2012

“Over 20 British companies discuss prospective business projects with Uzbekistan” CA-NEWS, 25 October 2012

“Uzbekistan Farmers Association Abolished” UZ Daily, 24 2012 (Note: Only the headline reported by Uz Daily)

“World Bank: Uzbekistan has the worst business conditions amongst Eastern European and Central Asian countries” Fergana Information Agency, 24 October 2012

“Uzbekistan: delegation of businessmen from Great Britain to go to Tashkent to discuss trade issues” Fergana Information Agency, 24 October 2012

“Kinderarbeit Löning fordert Boykott gegen Usbekistan” (Löning calls for boycott against Uzbekistan), Spiegel, 23 October 2012

“Uzbekistan harvests 3.35mn tons of cotton this season” Fibre 2 Fashion, October 23, 2012

“Cotton producers in Uzbekistan yield over 3.35 mln tons of cotton” CA News, 22 October 2012

“Cotton Campaign reminds US would-be presidents of cotton slavery in Uzbekistan” UzNews, 20 October 2012

“Tashkent holds cotton fair in secrecy” UzNews, 19 October 2012

“Uzbek college students return from cotton fields” UzNews, 19 October 2012

“Cotton Campaign Calls on President Obama and Mr. Romney to Speak Out Against Slavery in Uzbekistan” Fergana News, 19 October 2012

“Uzbekistan inks contracts for export of 670,000 tonnes of cotton fiber” UzDaily, 18 October 2012

“Uzbek authorities open criminal case against opposition leader’s father” UzNews, 18 October 2012

“Rights activist’s 100-year-old grandma notifies president of new picket” UzNews, 18 October 2012

“Uzbekistan plans to increase cotton-fiber processing up to 70% by 2015” UzDaily, 17 October 2012

“Uzbekistan Tightens Grip on Internet Proxies” EurasiaNet.org, 17 October 2012

“Uzbekistan: Doctors and Nurses Forced into Cotton Fields” EurasiaNet.org, 16 October 2012

“Documents Link Uzbekistan’s Karimova To Money-Laundering Suspect” Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, 16 October 2012

“Doctors and nurses forced to pick cotton“, BBC News, 15 October 2012

“Unwilling Cotton Harvesters in Uzbekistan” Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 13 October 2012

“Centennial grandma to picket in support of rights activist in Karshi” UzNews, 13 October 2012

“Uzbekistan toughens Internet censorship” UzNews, 11 October 2012

“Russia’s parliament to discuss investor problems in Uzbekistan, including MTS case” Fergana News, 11 October 2012

“Uzavtosanoat, General Motors plan to create JV” Uz Daily, 11 October 2012

“Several Arrested’ Over Uzbek Teenager’s Death” Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 10 October 2012

“Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office ignores children in cotton fields” UzNews, 10 October 2012

“Picket in support of arrested rights defender dispersed in Tashkent” UzNews, 9 October 2012

“Voice Of Dissent Flees Uzbekistan” Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, 8 October 2012

“Elnur & Ruslan Textile opens new plant on production of children clothes” UzDaily, 8 October 2012

“Tajikistan conference to discuss integration of Central Asia into world trade” CA-News, 08 October 2012

“Uzbekistan: Arrest of human rights defender Gulshan Karaeva” Front Line Defenders, 5 October 2012

“Uzbekistan: Pressure Mounts in Googoosha-Linked Graft Probes” Choihona, 5 October 2012

“Afghanistan in talks with U.S. on alternative railway route to Black Sea through Central Asia and Caucasus” CA-News, 5 October 2012

“Uzbek President approves amendments to IMF agreement” Uz Daily, 2 October 2012

“Uzbeks bristle under regime’s Web scrutiny” The Washington Times, 1 October 2012

“Schoolboy’s mother helps teacher return from cotton picking” UzNews, 29 September 2012

“Trade union member dies in cotton field in Tashkent Region” UzNews, 28 September 2012

“US Ambassador in Uzbekistan George Krol: “We recognize democracy may develop and look differently in Uzbekistan” Fergana News, 25 September 2012

“Uzbek government breaks promise to end child labor in cotton fields” The Washington Times, 24 September 2012

“Schoolchildren studying while college students still picking cotton” UzNews 21 September 2012

“Police threaten family for student’s failure to pick cotton” UzNews, 21 September 2012

“Uzbekistan involves school students into cotton picking campaign“ CA-News, 21 September 2012

“Oxus Gold launches court case against Uzbekistan” CA-News, 20 September 2012

“Switzerland freezes funds with Uzbek links” UzNews, 20 September 2012

“Russian MFA makes statement regarding decision of Tashkent court to confiscate property of MTS subsidiary” CA-News, 20 September 2012

“Uzbek schoolchildren sent to cotton fields” UzNews, 19 September 2012

“Tashkent sends emergency doctors to pick cotton” UzNews, 18 September 2012

“Uzbek government tightens Internet censorship” UzNews, 18 September 2012

“All assets of MTS-Uzbekistan to be transferred to the national budget – court” CA-News, 18 September 2012

“In U.S.-Uzbekistan military relations, How big a factor is money?” CA-News, 18 September 2012

“Uzdunrobita managers convicted, MTS subsidiary now owned by government” Ferghana News, 18 News 2012

“Karakalpakstan: No work in wasteland” UzNews, 18 September 2012

“Korean company to commission textile production in Uzbekistan” Trend News Agency, 17 September 2012

“Uzbekistan: Bloggers and Ministry of Justice staff picking cotton instead of farmers” Ferghana News 17 September 2012

“MTS Uzbekistan court case: “Faster, faster!” Ferghana News, 14 September 2012

“Cotton Harvest Derails Uzbek Transport”

“The cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has nearly brought public transport to a halt in and around the capital, Tashkent. Public buses have been repurposed to transport people to and from the fields, while most roads are closed to ordinary traffic. Many of the laborers are college students and school children sent to work the cotton fields during the harvest.” Story and Photos by RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, 13 September 2012

“We don’t use child labor and no you can’t have a look” CA-News, 13 September 2012

“Businesses forced to sponsor cotton harvesting in Angren” UzNews, 12 September 2012

“Uzbek teachers sent to cotton fields” UzNews, 12 September 2012

“The World Bank has donated $ 40 million to Uzbekistan to support agriculture” Baku Today, 12 September 2012

“Someone who is cooperating with us needs also to be transparent.”

Today, the BBC interviewed German Bundestag member Volker Beck, a member of the German Parliament Human Rights Committee, whose request to visit the country was denied for the second year in a row by the government of Uzbekistan. As Mr. Beck comments, “Apparently, the government doesn’t want to discuss human rights issues with the German parliament.” Listen to the interview here:

Part 1 (2 minutes)
Part 2 (3 minutes)

In Uzbek, the BBC article from the interview is available here., BBC Uzbek, 12 September 2012

“German MPs upset by denial of visit to Tashkent” UzNews.net, 11 September 2012

“Uzbekistan: Parents are sent out to harvest cotton instead of their children” Ferghana News, 11 September 2012

“Cotton-picking students face shortages of water, food” UzNews.net, 11 September 2012

“Uzbekistan cancels visit by German MPs” UzNews.net, 10 September 2012

“Usbekistan darf ungestraft Kinder ausbeuten” Financial Times Deutschland, 10 September 2012

“Cotton harvesting leaves Uzbek banks without cash” UzNews.net, 8 September 2012

“In Uzbekistan, a Chevy on every corner” Reuters, 6 September 2012

“Fashion week in New York without Guli and Uzbek cotton” UzNews.net, 6 September 2012

“Uzbekistan announces massive mobilization of school teachers for cotton harvest campaign” CA-News.org, 5 September 2012

“Interpol may launch manhunt for Gulnara Karimova” UzNews.net, 5 September 2012

“Corruptistan: Meet the oil barons, fashion divas, and ruling families of Central Asia” Foreign Policy, 4 September 2012

“Dumb slaves, or Cotton under the barrel of a gun” Ferghana News, 3 September 2012

“US State Department and photo to remember” UzNews.net, 17 August 2012

“Uzbekistan deserves better: The U.S. should insist on steps to improve the human rights situation in the strategic nation” Los Angeles Times, 15 August 2012

“Uzbekistan: Tashkent’s Sticky Fingers Spoiling Foreign Investors’ Appetites” EurasiaNet, 1 August 2012

“Human rights activist stabbed to death in Tashkent region” UzNews.net, 27 July 2012

“U.S. urges Government of Uzbekistan to improve its human rights record through peaceful democratic reforms” CA-News, 26 July 2012

“Jizak-based human rights activist fined and pardoned” UzNews.net, 21 July 2012

“Planned Inefficiency in Uzbek Cotton Sector” Fergana News, 3 July 2012

“Where Modern Slavery Thrives: State Department Unveils Trafficking Report,” The Daily Beast, 19 June 2012

“Uzbek privatization plans cast doubt” Washington Times, 8 June 2012

“Loss of time, business and freedom: that’s all foreign investors get in Uzbekistan” Fergana News, 23 May 2012

“Uzbekistan is the biggest family business in the world” UzNews.net, 7 March 2012