Labor Rights Violations Persist 2024-03-27 [The Diplomat] Cotton harvest 2023: risk of forced labour remains high 2024-02-10 [CALRMM] ‘Justice doesn’t exist here’: Uzbek farmers and cotton workers say abuse, exploitation continues despite reforms 2024-01-09 [PRI] Farmers’ cooperative appeals closure 2023-12-31 [CALRMM] An Economist vs. Uzbekistan’s Silk Industry: Whose Facts Matter? 2023-10-21 [CALRMM] Complaint filed against EBRD: labor rights violations, land grabs and exploitation at cotton producer Indorama Agro 2023-09-08 [CALRMM] Uzbek cotton harvest 2022: no systematic forced labor of pickers but government control of the cotton sector puts farmers and workers at risk 2023-04-08 [CALRMM] No place for independent cotton cooperatives in new Uzbekistan 2023-02-19 [CALRMM] Will Uzbekistan’s first democratically elected trade union survive? 2023-02-04 [CALRMM] Cotton chronicle 2022: observations of Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest 2022-11-05 [CALRMM] Cotton sector cannot thrive without autonomy for farmers 2022-10-15 [CALRMM] New Regulations in Uzbekistan Effectively Impose Government Control on NGOs 2022-09-03 [CALRMM] New civil society report on Uzbekistan calls for independent institutions as well as enhanced transparency and CSO participation in asset recovery processes 2022-09-03 [CALRMM] Illegal land confiscations in Uzbekistan: farmers in Namangan fight for their rights and livelihoods 2022-07-25 [CALRMM] Significant risks” remain in Uzbek cotton sector 2022-04-08 [CALRMM] The democratic future of Uzbekistan doesn't depend on the politicians, but whether workers can mobilise 2018-10-13 [openDemocracy] Child Labor Returns to Uzbekistan's Cotton Fields For more info 2017-11-01 [Solidarity Center] Indorama agro project: unmitigated human rights violations persist 2022-07-09 [CALRMM] ILO welcomes lifting of Cotton Campaign boycott of Uzbekistan 2022-03-15 [ILO] Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour 2022-03-02 [ILO] Cotton pickers form the first independent trade union in Uzbekistan 2021-03-24 [IUF] Forced and child labour in Uzbek cotton fields continues to fall 2020-02-11 [ILO] Uzbeks report cotton harvest forced labour 2019-09-30 [BBC] Activists welcome progress towards eradication of forced labour, child labour 2019-04-11 [ILO] Fewer Workers Forced to Prepare Uzbek Cotton Fields For more info 2018-09-10 [Solidarity Center] Uzbek Union Leader Released from Prison For more info 2018-05-15 [Solidarity Center] One Miner Killed, Others Trapped In Abandoned Uzbek Gold Mine 2018-01-19 [RFE/Rl] Hundreds Fired From Uzbek Finance Ministry After President's Criticism 2017-12-28 [RFE/RL] 5 Cents Per Kilo: Why Uzbek Government Still Forces People To Pick Cotton 2017-10-12 [RFE/RL] Rights Group Says Political Will Needed To End Forced Labor In Uzbekistan For more info 2017-10-05 [RFE/RL] Some Workers Excused from Cotton Fields - But Political Will Needed to End Forced Labor 2017-10-05 [Human Rights Watch] Report Links World Bank to Uzbekistan Forced Labor 2017-07-05 [Solidarity Center] World Bank funds linked to forced labour in Uzbekistan 2017-06-29 [Guardian ] Forced labour liked to World Bank, says Human Rights Watch 2017-06-27 [Human Rights Watch] Forced Labor Linked to World Bank 2017-06-27 [Human Rights Watch] Falsely convicted union activist dies in prison 2017-06-25 [Solidarity Center] ILO Report Confirms Forced Labor 2017-02-17 [Human Rights Watch]