Entries by Aziz Nur

“We Were Subjected to a Full Investigation”

Police arrested the independent journalist Malohat Eshonkulova and the human rights activist Elena Urlaeva while they were visiting the Olot district on a fact-finding mission on the use of forced labour on October 9, 2016. According to Malohat Eshonkulova, police officers insulted them, strip-searched them, and were only allowed to go home after a long […]

BriefPaxta: Good Grades for Cotton Pickers

One of Ozodlik’s followers from Bukhara has complained about being forced to pick cotton despite cold weather:   “Students of the Medical College in Bukhara are being forced to pick cotton every day regardless of their age and weather conditions. We have been sent out to pick cotton every day for the last 10 days. […]

Andijan: Almost Everyone Mobilized to Pick Cotton

Nazira is a doctor. She is a gynecologist at the Screening Center in Andijan. She has 21 years of work experience. I was sent out to pick cotton on September 19. I was mobilized as part of the second cotton picking group for 15 days. The first one returned from the cotton fields on September […]

Participant of Cotton Planning Meeting Killed

According to a source of Eltuz.com from the district department of public education, the head of the pre-school educational institution No.1 in Uchkuprik district was hit by a car when she was on her way to a cotton planning meeting. The accident took place while the victim was crossing a road in front of the […]