“You work like a slave from morning till night, not enough food, and should sleep and wake up hungry again”

I'm studying at the Andijan Agricultural Institute, the Faculty…
Doctor from the Central Hospital in Dustabad on the cotton field © UGF 2016

Physicians from Quyichirchiq District pick cotton under supervision of the Federation of Labor Unions

On September 25, 2016, the human rights activist Elena Urlaeva…

Students from Ferghana are forced to walk for 2 hours every day to reach a cotton field

Students of the Tashkent Medical Academy's branch in Ferghana…

The Head of Kyzyryk District Forced People to Pick Cotton until Morning

On September 22 the head of administration of the Kyzyryk district…

Entrepreneurs from Asaka are forced to pay a “cotton tax”

This message was sent to Ozodlik by one of its readers from the…

“Why should I leave my kid and pick cotton?”

“I was born in 1994 in Andijan. I have a child. I was accepted…

Uzbeks migrants returning back home to change their passports fall into the “cotton trap”

One of the followers of Ozodlik sent a message about the ways…

Alimony payers are punished with cotton harvest mobilization

One of the readers messaged Ozodlik to tell about the ways of…
Cotton pickers in the Namangan region © UGF 2016

Statements of “voluntary participation” in the cotton harvest are an additional mockery of the people

This year’s forced mobilization of people to the cotton fields…

Teachers and Employees of Educational Institutions in the city of Gulistan in the Syrdarya Region Mobilised to Harvest Cotton on a Daily Basis

Everyday at 6am employees of educational institutions gather…