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29 Sep 2008

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Uznews.net

Schoolchildren sent to cotton fields in Fergana Region [Uzbekistan]

…On 22 September, schoolchildren aged 13 and over were sent to cotton fields in Fergana Region…[T]he country’s government is again trying to deny forced child labour cases in the country…Local residents said that the government’s attempt not to involve children in this year’s cotton-harvesting campaign had turned into repressive measures against other groups of population. A local woman said government officials had visited her at home and warned that she would not be able to receive 41,000 sums as a child benefit for her 12-month-old baby unless she picked cotton.