“We have been picking cotton in Syrdarya for 50 days now. We have only been able to wash ourselves once in a pond.”

A member of staff from Andijan Region’s…

Hokim of Samarkand district, Shukhrat Djamolov, Demonstrates Particular Cruelty in the Mobilization of Medical Workers to Collect Cotton

Despite assurances by Uzbek officials that teachers and doctors…

In Samarkand, a Student Jumped out of a Bus on the Way to Forced Labor in the Cotton Harvest

A student of the socio-economic department of Samarkand State…
Medical staff from Samarkand is being transported to the cotton fields © UGF 2017

Victims of forced labor in Uzbekistan – 58-year-old convict and children’s doctor

This year’s cotton harvest has demanded its first victims:…

Human Rights Activists Detained in Samarkand

The two Uzbek human rights activists Malohat Eshonqulova and…
Medical staff from Samarkand is being transported to the cotton fields © UGF 2017

Three doctors of the highest rank have been fired for refusing to pick cotton

The head of the Samarkand district administration has dismissed…