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 6/5/23 Cotton Campaign 6/5/23

Cotton Campaign At Tashkent Textile Week, Uzbekistan

Cotton Campaign 5/1/23 Cotton Campaign 5/1/23

Uzbekistan: Freedom Of Association Critical To Protecting Workers And Farmers From Forced Labor And Exploitative Working Conditions

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 11/7/22 Cotton Campaign 11/7/22

Uzbekistan: Independent Monitoring Shows Human Rights Risks Remain in the Cotton Industry Despite Reforms that Ended State-Imposed Forced Labor

Cotton Campaign 8/26/22 Cotton Campaign 8/26/22

The Diplomat: New Regulations in Uzbekistan Effectively Impose Government Control on NGOs

Uzbekistan’s new regulations for NGOs impose government control and interference in the implementation of projects funded by foreign organizations or individuals. This poses difficult questions for international donors including the European Union, USAID, United Nations agencies, and others who make grants available to civil society organizations.

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.

Cotton Campaign 3/10/22 Cotton Campaign 3/10/22

Cotton Campaign - Government of Uzbekistan Joint Statement on Ending the Call for a Global Boycott of Uzbek Cotton

Cotton Campaign 3/10/22 Cotton Campaign 3/10/22

Cotton Campaign Ends its Call for a Global Boycott of Cotton from Uzbekistan

Cotton Campaign 1/26/22 Cotton Campaign 1/26/22

Anti-Slavery International: Business & Human Rights: Help Stop the Abuse

Many everyday products we use in the UK, from clothes to coffee, are linked to forced labour. Around the world, millions of people are exploited to make them, while companies here profit. Right now, businesses choose whether to act. That’s not good enough. Protecting people and the planet must be the law. We’re calling for a new UK law to hold companies accountable when they fail to prevent human rights abuses or environmental harm in their supply chains.

Cotton Campaign 12/21/21 Cotton Campaign 12/21/21

Cotton Campaign Letter to the European Commission Calling for an Import Ban Against Forced Labor Turkmen Cotton

Cotton Campaign 12/21/21 Cotton Campaign 12/21/21

Uzbek Forum for Human Rights: The Door To Uzbekistan Has Opened But There Is A Risk It Could Slam Shut

Human rights activist Umida Niyazova spoke to Fergana News about a recent trip to her homeland and her impression of new realities after many years in exile.