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Reports: Forced Labor in Turkmenistan's Cotton Sector

Comments Concerning the Ranking of Turkmenistan by the United States Department of State in the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report
February 2020 | by the International Labor Rights Forum on behalf of the Cotton Campaign

Turkmenistan Forces State Workers into New Cotton-picking Campaign

Alternative Turkmenistan News, Sept. 1, 2018

Recommendations for the 3rd cycle UPR of Turkmenistan: State-sponsored forced labor in the cotton sector and harassment and imprisonment of forced labor monitors - English
Anti-Slavery International, Alternative Turkmenistan News, Cotton Campaign, Apr. 2, 2018

Joanna Ewart-James, "Gaspar Matalaev: serving time for reporting on forced labour in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields" - English
Independent, Feb. 5, 2018

Reports of forced labor during the 2017 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
         Turkmenistan: 2017 Findings of Forced Labor Monitoring during Cotton Harvesting, Feb 2018 - English (Russian here)
         Turkmenistan: Children Continue to Pick Cotton Despite Ban, Nov 2017 - English (Russian here)
         IKEA Bans Turkmen Cotton from its Products​, Oct 2017 - English (Russian here)
         Turkmenistan kicks off mobilization of civil servants for cotton season, Aug 2017 - English (Russian here)
         Free Gaspar Matalaev – Victim of Forced Labor Monitoring in Turkmenistan, Mar 2017 - English (Russian here)

Reports of forced labor during the 2016 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          Teenagers are less likely to be bought. Present-day slavery in Turkmenistan in the cotton sector, Nov 2016 - English (Russian                  here)         
          Forced Labor, or Why Turkmen Markets Are Packed with Brand-Name Textiles, Nov 2016 - English (Russian here)
          They bring people to the fields in the back of a truck, like sheep for sale, Oct 2016 - English (Russian here)

Reports of forced labor during the 2015 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          State-Led Forced Labor during the Long 2015 Cotton Harvest, Jan 2016
          Turkmenistan’s Low Cotton Crop Intensifies Officials’ Use of Coercion, Nov 2015
          Turkmenistan Government Forces Thousands to Harvest Cotton, Oct 2015
          Spotlight on Turkmenistan: Widespread State-Orchestrated Forced Labor in Turkmenistan’s 2014 Cotton Harvest, July 2015

Reports of forced labor during the 2014 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          Part 1, September 2014
          Part 2, November 2014

          Part 3, February 2015

Reports of forced labor during the 2013 Cotton Harvest in Turkmenistan, by Alternative Turkmenistan News
          Part 1, September 2013
          Part 2, October 2013
          Part 3, November 2013
CONTACT: Cotton Campaign Coordinator - c/o International Labor Rights Forum, 1634 I Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006. 
+1 202-347-4100, cottoncampaigncoordinator [at] gmail.com
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Uzbekistan's Forced Labor Problem >
      • Reports
      • Chronicle of Forced Labor
      • Photos/Video
      • FAQs
    • Turkmenistan's Forced Labor Problem >
      • Reports of Forced Labor in Turkmenistan's Cotton Sector
    • Forced Labor Cotton in Other Countries
    • Contact
  • Countries
    • Turkmenistan
    • Uzbekistan >
      • Uzbek Forum Key Findings 2020
    • Governments >
      • What other governments can do
    • International Organizations >
      • What the World Bank and Asian Development Bank can do
      • What the International Labor Organization can do
    • Companies >
      • What companies operating in Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan can do
      • What companies that use cotton can do
      • What investors can do
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