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“Corruptistan” – Of princesses and fraudsters

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President Mirziyoyev has read out [...]

«Мы не можем отказаться от сбора хлопка»

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The Financial Times has published [...]

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“We Can’t Refuse to Pick Cotton”. Forced and Child Labor Linked to World Bank Group Investments in Uzbekistan

Video: Forced Labor Linked To World Bank

(Brussels) – The World Bank [...]

After six months it has [...]

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOR 2017, Issue 2, June 2017

Envoy Presses for Justice for [...]

UGF has released a new [...]

The EU has released a [...]

Elena Urlaeva, one of Uzbekistan’s [...]

In Russian: CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR 2017, Issue 1, February 2017

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR 2017, Issue 1, February 2017

Uzbekistan: ILO Report Confirms Forced [...]

The International Labor Organization (ILO) [...]

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PRELIMINARY REPORT 2016: Forced Labor in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector

In this interviews names of [...]

Assets acquired by the ruling elite in Uzbekistan as a result of corruption in telecommunications sector should be confiscated and returned to the victims

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November 22, 2016 Annex After [...]

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Workers in the cotton field © UGF 2016

Workers loading the truck with cotton © UGF 2016

Workers loading the truck with cotton © UGF 2016

Workers loading the truck with cotton © UGF 2016

Workers loading the truck with cotton © UGF 2016

Workers collecting cotton © UGF 2016

Workers at the cotton field © UGF 2016

Workers picking cotton © UGF 2016

Workers at the cotton field © UGF 2016

Worker picking cotton © UGF 2016

Delivery of harvested in cotton in Karakalpakstan © UGF 2016

Mobilization of workers to the cotton fields in Andijan region © UGF 2016

Mobilization to the cotton fields in Andijan region © UGF 2016

Medical workers from Dustabad on the cotton fields © UGF 2016

Video: Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan through the Eyes of Cartoonists

Cotton 2016 in Uzbekistan: Mother Loses Baby while Doctors Harvest Cotton

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR 2016, Issue 2, October 7

Even in death, Karimov’s iron fist squeezes Uzbekistan

Nurses failing to fulfil daily cotton quotas are threatened with dismissal

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR 2016, Issue 1, September 16

German Media Coverage on Islam [...]

Cotton worker in Buka reads leaflet about labor rights © UGF 2016

On July 20, the Court [...]

“25 Years of State-Orchestrated Forced [...]

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Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoev threatened [...]

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Uzbeks Subjected to Forced-Labor Wonder [...]

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Forced Labour Linked to World [...]

Asror Boykaroev who only 10 [...]

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Uzbekistan Government Detains Human Rights [...]

Узбекистан: Спасти правозащитника Уктама Пардаева! [...]

Eltuz.com – Critical Journalism from [...]

Report in Russian: “The Cover-Up: Whitewashing Uzbekistan’s White Gold”

  Employees of the nursery [...]

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Our interactive report “The Cover-Up: [...]

10 years visiting my husband in Jaslyk prison

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The story of Alijon Kamalov, once a successful Uzbek farmer

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(March 9, 2016, Washington, DC): [...]

The Cover-Up: Whitewashing Uzbekistan’s White Gold

Forced Labour in Cotton Production in Uzbekistan 2015

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The Expert Council removed 26 [...]

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CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 7, 2015

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 6, 2015

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 5, 2015

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 4, 2015

REPORT: Silk Loop for Uzbek Farmers

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 3, 2015

REPORT: Uzbek Government Continued Systematic Forced Labor to Weed the Cotton Fields in 2015

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 2, 2015

CHRONICLE OF FORCED LABOUR IN UZBEKISTAN: Issue 1, 2015

UZBEKISTAN: Civil Society Report on the Implementation of the ICCPR 2015

  The human rights situation [...]

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The government of Uzbekistan began [...]

10 Years since the Andijan [...]

Interviews with Forced Labourer during the Cotton Harvesting 2014

Uzbek Government Forces Labor and Extorts Funds From Citizens and Corporations

New report highlights how the [...]

New report highlights how the [...]

  Dr. Farhod K. 1, [...]

Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan became a laureate of Tji Hak-Soon Justice and Peace Foundation award

Representatives of the Human Rights [...]

  Furkat, age 31, high [...]

Photos of Forced Labor at Cotton Harvesting September – October 2014

Umida Niyazova: Once again about torture in Uzbekistan

Human rights organisations sent a [...]

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights Preliminary Report on Forced Labor During Uzbekistan’s 2014 Cotton Harvest

COTTON CHRONICLE, ISSUE 7

COTTON CHRONICLE, ISSUE 6

Amnesty International action in Berlin on October 21th, 2014

UGF Action on September 30th, 2014 in Berlin

COTTON CHRONICLE, ISSUE 5

Our most recent Issue 5 [...]

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  The cotton harvest will [...]

The copy of the “Agreement” between parents and the college administration, signed on June 27, 2014.

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Three human rights experts discuss [...]

We were born to make Kafka come true – the case of Umida Niyazova

Government of Uzbekistan: Release Farmer [...]

The World Bank Group has [...]

HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE AND WORLD BANK FUNDING IN UZBEKISTAN’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Forced Labor in Uzbekistan – [...]

Forced Labor in Uzbekistan – Report on the 2013 Cotton Harvest

Public institution worker go to the weeding Jizzak

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УЗБЕКСКО-ГЕРМАНСКИЙ ФОРУМ ПО ПРАВАМ ЧЕЛОВЕКА

Умида Ниязова. Мелкая месть властей Узбекистана за защиту прав своих сограждан.

Umida Niyazova: The Uzbek government’s [...]

Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights [...]

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Open letter to Czech President [...]

UGF-3- Uzbekistan:Torture once again

Gulnara Karimova: “I am not [...]

  Read about the ongoing [...]

We have written an open [...]

    PRESSEMITTEILUNG   Vor [...]

State forced-labour system continued throughout [...]

Schoolchildren, Kashkadarya region. Were sent to pick cotton by the order of authorities. October, 2013

Issue 9, November 25, 2013

UGF-2-Cotton 2013-The Big Lie

Our 8th issue of the [...]

Diary of schoolgirl: 14.10.2013 – Teachers went to (pick) cotton 15.10.2013 – “Kurban hayit” holiday 16.10.2013 – We went to (pick) cotton

Issue 8, November 7, 2013

tvrain.ru reports on Uzbek cotton harvest

The sign reads “Everybody went at (to pick) cotton”

Our 7th issue of the [...]

Issue 7, October 28, 2013

Issue 6, October 15, 2013

Children having lunch during cotton harvest

Please follow the link to [...]

A new issue of the [...]

Lyceum students leaving for cotton. Tashkent region.

Issue 5, October 3, 2013

Lyceum students on their way to the cotton fields, Tashkent region. September 2013.

Issue 4, September 19, 2013

Issue 3, September 9, 2013

The 2013 cotton harvest is [...]

Example of cotton harvest “teams” as set up by local authorities

Forced child labor in the [...]

Issue 2, August 26, 2013

Woman carrying cotton harvest

Girl raking the field in preparation to sow the cotton crop

Issue 1, June 5, 2013

UGF Report: A Systemic Problem: State-Sponsored Forced Labour in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector Continues in 2012

UGF Series 1: Doctors in the Fields

Swedish online newspaper published an [...]

Reporter des Deutschlandradios sind nach [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, [...]

Ўзбекистонда 2012 йилги пахта терими манзараси Инсон ҳуқуқлари бўйича Ўзбекистон-Германия форуми Пахта кампанияси (Cotton Campaign)

УЗБЕКИСТАН Совместный доклад гражданского общества, [...]

UZBEKISTAN Joint report of the [...]

RUS – Joint Report for Universal Periodic Review

ENG – Joint Report for Universal Periodic Review

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2013/02/21/cfp-pkg-clancy-uzbek-cotton.cnn?iref=videosearch

INKOTA-netzwerk und WELTbewusst versnatalten vom [...]

“Cotton – it s not a plant, it s politics”. The system of forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector

Freedom of Movement – Full Report

“Torture in Uzbekistan: still systematic and unpunished” – UGF Report

Review of the 2012 Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan

Monitoring results for the cotton harvest period from Sept.-Nov. 2011

Обзор сбора урожая хлопка 2012 года в Узбекистане Узбекско-германский форум по правам человека Хлопковая кампания (Cotton Campaign)

Cotton Dreams

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Accomodation set up for cotton harvesters.

Accomodation set up for cotton harvesters

Girl picking cotton next to defollation tracktor

College Students Angren City going to the cotton fields

Organizing buses taking harvesters to the fields.

College Students Angren City going to the cotton fields

The previously weighed harvest is loaded onto a truck.

The previously weighed harvest is loaded onto a truck.

The previously weighed harvest is loaded onto a truck.

Accomodation set up for cotton pickers

Hand washing stand.

Boys having a snack during harvest

Accommodation set up for college students harvesting cotton.

Interview: “Die Heilige Pflicht zur Zwangsarbeit”

DEU – “Cotton – it s not a plant, it s politics”

    Deutsche Version des [...]

Comment: Umida Niyazova on the Uzbek cotton campaign

“Хлопок- это не растение, это -политика”

Russian version of the UGF [...]

Deepening State-Sponsored Forced Labour Flagged [...]

With Issue 7 of the [...]

Issue 7, November 20, 2012

Issue 6 of our Cotton [...]

Issue 6, November 2, 2012

Issue 5, October 16, 2012

Issue 5 of our Cotton [...]

Anti-Slavery Day: Cotton Campaign Calls [...]

Clinic of Sayhonobod district, “All went to the cotton”

Small village Surhandarya region, “Everyone is in the cotton”

Nukus City, “Everyone to the cotton harvest. Dear compatriots, gather all cotton crop grown in our fields without loss”

Bukhara City, “Cotton is our wealth, protecting it our duty”

A new publication by Anti-Slavery [...]

Umida speaks to Anti-Slavery International

Issue 4 of the Chronicle [...]

Issue 4, October 1, 2012

The recent refusal of the [...]

Once again, the government of [...]

Slideshow forced labour during cotton harvest

A new petition has just [...]

Issue 3, September 18, 2012

The Uzbek government has recently [...]

Issue 2, September 10, 2012

A new issue of the [...]

    06.09.2012   The [...]

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human [...]

Issue 1, September, 2012

Speaking Cotton – a film by Stefanie Trambow & Erik Malchow

25.01.2012 – ARD Report on Uzbekistan’s cotton industry and fairtrade fashion.

Teachers in Uzbekistan: Deprived of [...]

Background Information Cotton production in [...]

http://stopchildlabor.org/

http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6153149/k.20F4/Tajikistan.htm

http://www.sourcingnetwork.org/

http://www.ituc-csi.org/?lang=en

http://www.laborrights.org/

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/central-asia/uzbekistan.aspx

http://www.hrw.org/

http://www.ecchr.de/index.php/home_en.html

http://www.ejfoundation.org/page145.html

http://www.calvert.com/sri.html

http://www.antislavery.org

http://www.aft.org/index.cfm  

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Uzbek – German Forum for [...]

New Report – Cotton Campaign, March 2012

Pressemitteilung/Case Up-Date English version see [...]

  Clarifications by the Ministry [...]

    EMBASSY OF THE [...]

Brief Background Information Cotton production [...]

FORCED CHILD LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN 2007

Open Letter

Media Coverage of the Uzbek Cotton Campaign

Letter from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Forced Child Labour in Uzbekistan

The Absence of Free and Independent Mass Media and the total Destruction of Freedom of Speech in Uzbekistan

What has Changed? – SOAS Report

NGO REPORT On the Implimentation of the ICCPR

Anti Slavery International – Letter to Karel de Gucht 11/04/11

OECD – Cotton in Uzbekistan

      PRESS RELEASE [...]

On the Uzbekistan report “No one to [...]

UGF is looking for translators [...]

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human [...]

To become a sustaining member [...]

To become a member of [...]

The Burden of Virginity, Part 2, Documentary Film by Umida Akhmedova and Oleg Karpov

The Burden of Virginity, Part 1, Documentary Film by Umida Akhmedova and Oleg Karpov

“Charges Dropped Against Uzbek Police In Alleged Gang Rape” – Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Torture in Uzbekistan: The Case of Raykhon Soatova and her sisters.

Uzbekistan: Journalist’s Conviction Threatens Freedom of Speech – Human Rights Watch

The Thorny Question of Cotton

Video Report about Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan II

FAKT – Kinderarbeit für Baumwolle in Uzbekistan (Ausbeutung, Globalisierung)

“Usbekistan: Bürgerrechtlerin muss ins Gefängnis” – Fokus Ost-Südost

“Journalist and human rights activist Umida Niyazova tortured” – FerghanaNews

11.08.2010  “Mode und moderne Sklaverei” – [...]

“Campaign for Umida Niyazova” – Freedom House

“In Uzbekistan, journalist arrested and charged with smuggling illegal literature” – CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists

“Umida Niyazova: Verbotene Berichte” – WELT ONLINE

“Usbekistan braucht Druck” – Süddeutsche Zeitung

21/09/2011 – “Cotton Crimes” – European Cotton Campaign Against Child Slavery

A new film about forced [...]

    Sehr geehrte Damen [...]

    Human Rights Watch [...]

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Letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton

30/09/2011 – “Baumwolle aus Kinderhand”

“Findings”

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UGF, the Uzbek-German Forum for [...]

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Baumwolle aus Kinderhand. Europäische Unternehmen werden zur Verantwortung gezogen

Mode und moderne Sklaverei

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Press Conference – Conflict in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Response Letter European Commission

Letter to Sting

Open Letter to Islam Karimov – Journalists Hunger Strike

Open Letter – Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany