Tag Archive for: Uzbekistan

Farmers Verbally Abused by Head of Andijan District

Radio Ozodlik published an audio recording of a meeting on January…
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Mayor of Andijan Uses Verbal Abuse to Humiliate and Intimidate Directors for not Providing Workers to Pick Cotton

The mayor of Andijan, Dilmurod Rahmatullayev, has been recorded…
Transcript of cotton meeting held by Nematulla Abdullaev, hokim of the Parkent district of Tashkent region, November 1, 2017

Uzbek Official Unleashes Torrent of Abuse at Cotton Meeting

Intimidation, threats, and humiliation used to meet cotton quotas (Berlin,…
Cotton picker © UGF 2017

Doctors and Teachers from Andijan Picking Cotton in Tashkent Region

Reports coming to our editorial office say that “although the…
Cotton picker in the Jizzakh Region © UGF 2017

Voices from the Fields. When will the cotton harvest end?

Employees of state organizations and students of colleges and…
Children on the cotton fields. © UGF 2017

Children in the Andijan Region Pick Cotton

On November 3, 2017, human rights activist Elena Urlayeva visited…
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:…
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…
© Radio Ozodlik 2017

“I am here to re-programme your brain” – Teachers Warned they Must Contribute to Cotton Harvest

Radio Ozodlik has published a video portraying the meeting that…

Some Workers Excused from Cotton Fields

Political Will Needed to End Forced Labor (Washington, DC,…