Uzbekistan: Some Workers Excused From Cotton Fields
October 05, 2017
October 05, 2017
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
The Uzbek government has recalled university students and some health and education workers from forced labor in the cotton fields, the Cotton Campaign said today. Other workers remained involuntarily in the fields or faced extortion to pay for workers to replace them if they left.
On September 21, 2017, Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov ordered officials to recall students and education and medical . . .
The Uzbek government has recalled university students and some health and education workers from forced labor in the cotton fields, the Cotton Campaign said today. Other workers remained involuntarily in the fields or faced extortion to pay for workers to replace them if they left.
On September 21, 2017, Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov ordered officials to recall students and education and medical . . .