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Transcript of the audio recordings of a meeting on the collection of cotton in the administration of Andijan city. The meeting took place on October 16, 2017, and was chaired by the Mayor of Andijan, Dilmurod Rakhmatullaev. According to one of the directors of a local organization, who attended the meeting and made the secret […]
3 November 2017 For security reasons, we have not disclosed the name or exact place of work. I work in a school (name of the school withheld). We were sent to pick cotton on 6 September and we finished our work in early November. This year the cotton harvest lasted two months. The director of […]
A member of staff from Andijan Region’s Agriculture and Water Resources Department, who was brought to Syrdarya to pick cotton on 20 September, and who requested to remain anonymous, has complained to OzodMikrofon (Free Microphone) that he has been picking cotton for almost two months in difficult conditions and that the leadership has no plans […]
Thousands of workers forcibly sent to harvest cotton in the Tashkent and Syrdarya regions on the orders of the hokim of the Andijan region, Shukhratbek Abdurakhmanov, have now had to return home at their own expense. The mahalla chairmen have been asking local residents to collect money to bring the cotton pickers back to […]
A teacher at the pre-school educational establishment №3 in the town of Andijan, Ilvira Pidayevna, died of suffocation while picking cotton. According to her colleagues, Ilvira had been working in this kindergarten for almost 10 years. Reports say that she had an asthma attack in the field and died before anyone could provide her with […]
Radio Ozodlik published a letter signed by the Akhangaran district Hokim to the heads of the district organizations. It follows from the letter that they must hand in a certain amount of cotton until November 8, 2017. Translation of the letter Hokim of Akhangaran district of Tashkent region Masked (name of the organization) which received […]
Despite assurances by Uzbek officials that teachers and doctors would not have to participate in the collection of cotton this year, human rights activists continue to document evidence of coercion. On October 15, journalist Malokhat Eshonkulova observed and videotaped the departure of medical workers to the cotton fields in the Samarkand district (Samarkand region). According […]
A student of the socio-economic department of Samarkand State University, Dilkash Khurramov, jumped out of the bus taking him to forced labor picking cotton in the Pastdargam district of Samarkand region. According to the university students who reported this case to radio Ozodlik, Dilkash Khurramov was hospitalized for his injuries. The university’s leadership confirmed that […]
A photo has triggered discussions on Facebook. It shows shop № 177 in the “Sardoba bozori (Sardoba market)” Limited Liability Association in the city of Namangan, which was sealed for not sending its staff to pick cotton. The shop was sealed on 23 October and it is not clear how many days it will remain […]