Tag Archive for: Cotton harvest

Cotton picking is hard work: Pickers have to bend down the whole day and work outside in the heat. © UGF 2015

Woman suffered a miscarriage during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan

Forced to pick cotton, 28-year-old Dilarom Juraev, living in…
Busses driving to the cotton fields 2015 © UGF

Forced Deployment of Bus Drivers to the Cotton Fields Overloading Bus Capacity in Tashkent

Since the beginning of the cotton harvest in Tashkent, the number…
Uzbekistan's acting president Mirziyoev (Artist: Adolat, www.eltuz.com)

New President, Old Habits

Uzbekistan's acting President Shavkat Mirziyoev has ordered the…
Cotton picker with a leaflet informing her about her rights 2016 © UGF

Teachers and doctors in Buka are harvesting cotton

Elena Urlaeva went to the Buka district in the Tashkent region…

Parents who refuse to pay for cotton harvest must pick cotton on their own

“Parents of kids studying at schools in the Asaka district…

“If you don’t pick cotton, you will be expelled from the university”

A disabled student from Tashkent is being forced to pick cotton.…

Pregnant women suffered a miscarriage on the cotton fields

This piece of information was sent to us by one of the cotton…

“People come back home after having picked cotton and have no electricity”

The following message was received from one of the numerous people…
Living conditions at the cotton fields © UGF

Half of the employees of the veterinary hospital in Namangan sent to harvest cotton

Exactly half of the 47 employees of the veterinary hospital in…

Makhalla administration forces mothers of infant to pick cotton

Mothers receiving child benefits from the state are also forced…