Shortages of cash money in circulation has become a chronic problem of Uzbekistan. (Source: www.eltuz.com)

School principals forced to deposit cash

In connection with the 25th anniversary of Uzbek Independence,…

Employees of Tashkent’s public institutions are forced to harvest cotton in the Jizzakh Region

On September 13, a group of medical workers from the Clinic No.13…

Money first, cotton right after: Uzbek doctors to be taken to the fields in a week time

Looking at the current situation on the eve of the Uzbek cotton…
Mobilization of medical workers to the fields 2015 © UGF

Uzbek doctors to be sent to cotton harvest

The Asia-Terra website reported that Uzbek doctors were given…

“Must pick cotton in any case”

The head of the State Institute of Foreign Languages in Samarkand…

“Preparations for the cotton harvest have kicked in”

In the beginning of September, during a meeting that took place…
Jizzakh is one of Uzbekistan's cotton producing regions

Mobilization to the Cotton Fields to start on September 10

During a gathering on September 5, the Khokim of the Jizzakh…
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Cotton propaganda campaign in local communities

In the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan, preparations for the forthcoming…
Tashkent Oil and Fat Company (Source: www.ozodlik.org)

Tashkent factory extorts money from its employees for the cotton harvest

The Tashkent oil and fat factory’s (“Тошкент ёғ-мой…
© Simon Buxton/Anti-Slavery International

Uzbeks Subjected to Forced-Labor Wonder if the Worms are Luckier

As temperatures push 100 degrees F (44 C), teachers, doctors,…