Friday, October 31, 2014
Exposing a Disgrace: Uzbek Elite Keep Profiting from Forced Labor | Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Every year, the government of Uzbekistan forcibly mobilizes more than a million of its own citizens to pick cotton. Under international pressure, the authorities in Tashkent have recently moved away from forcing young children to pick cotton. But the system still depends on exporting cotton picked by adults who are essentially government slaves.
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