Cotton Campaign 11/25/25 Cotton Campaign 11/25/25

Conducting Human Rights Due Diligence In Relation To State Imposed Forced Labour: Implications For The Upcoming EU Regulation On Forced Labour

Cotton Campaign 5/21/25 Cotton Campaign 5/21/25

Turkmenistan Cotton: New Reporting Reveals Systemic Forced Labor, Despite Some Steps By Government To Reduce Mobilization

Cotton Campaign 5/16/25 Cotton Campaign 5/16/25

Anti-Slavery International: How to address state-imposed forced labour in accordance with international responsible business standards

This factsheet summarises Anti-Slavery International’s recommendations on how to effectively address state-imposed forced labour under responsible business standards. It is the result of years of collaboration with partners and practitioners that seek to address state-imposed forced labour, particularly with the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region and the Cotton Campaign.

Cotton Campaign 4/22/25 Cotton Campaign 4/22/25

The Diplomat: How Turkmenistan’s Government Neglects Its People (And Why the World Should Care)

“When the international community ignores a country like Turkmenistan, it sends a message that some lives – and some struggles – matter less.”

Cotton Campaign 4/3/25 Cotton Campaign 4/3/25

First EU-Central Asia Summit: EU Should Center Workers In Its Engagement With Uzbekistan And Turkmenistan

Cotton Campaign 2/13/25 Cotton Campaign 2/13/25

Disengagement In Cases Of State-Imposed Forced Labor [OECD Side Session]

Cotton Campaign 1/30/25 Cotton Campaign 1/30/25

Forbidden Stories: Forced labor in cotton fields: the lethal persecution of a Turkmen journalist

Journalist Khudayberdy Allashov died last August, after a decade of persecution by the Turkmen authorities. They accused him of daring to write about systematic forced labor in the country’s cotton fields – an open secret that isn’t stopping some European textile brands from sourcing from Turkmenistan.

Cotton Campaign 6/25/24 Cotton Campaign 6/25/24

Italian Textile Machinery Companies Profit From Turkmen Forced Labor

Cotton Campaign 5/7/24 Cotton Campaign 5/7/24

Turkmenistan Cotton: Forced Labor Remains Widespread And Systematic Despite Some Shifts In The 2023 Harvest

Cotton Campaign 12/11/23 Cotton Campaign 12/11/23

Civil Society Groups Urge Global Adoption Of Import Bans Against Products Made Using Forced Labour

Cotton Campaign 11/7/23 Cotton Campaign 11/7/23

Banning Products Made With State-Imposed Forced Labor From Entering The European Union

Cotton Campaign 7/25/23 Cotton Campaign 7/25/23

German Businesses Should Cut Ties With Turkmenistan’s Textile Industry [Cotton Campaign Correspondence With German Business Association]

Cotton Campaign 6/27/23 Cotton Campaign 6/27/23

German Businesses Should Stop All Investments In Turkmenistan’s Textile Industry

Cotton Campaign 6/12/23 Cotton Campaign 6/12/23

New Independent Reporting Reveals Ongoing Systematic Forced Labor And Corruption In Turkmenistan Cotton Harvest

Cotton Campaign 4/21/23 Cotton Campaign 4/21/23

What Does Winning Look Like: Investing in Labor Rights Campaigns to Foster Change in Repressive Systems

Cotton Campaign 3/28/23 Cotton Campaign 3/28/23

UN Human Rights Committee Urges Turkmenistan to End Forced Labor in Cotton

Cotton Campaign 2/20/23 Cotton Campaign 2/20/23

Ending State-Imposed Forced Labor in Cotton Supply Chains [OECD Side Session]

Cotton Campaign 7/19/22 Cotton Campaign 7/19/22

Sourcing Journal: These Retailers Sell Turkmenistan Cotton Despite Forced-Labor Ban

Major American retailers continue to hawk products made with cotton from Turkmenistan despite a long-standing U.S. Customs and Border Protection ban over findings of state-enforced slave labor in the Central Asian nation.

Cotton Campaign 7/18/22 Cotton Campaign 7/18/22

Turkmenistan: Systematic Forced Labor in the 2021 Cotton Harvest

Cotton Campaign 7/18/22 Cotton Campaign 7/18/22

Anti-Slavery International: Turkmenistan: New Harvest Findings and How Governments Should Address Forced Labour in Turkmenistan

In the latest blog, Ruslan Myatiev, founder of Turkmen.news, details the latest findings from the Turkmen cotton harvest.