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30 Oct 2015

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Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF)

Uzbekistan: Human rights defenders assaulted after documenting forced labour in 2015 cotton harvest - new NGO report

"Chronicle of forced labour in Uzbekistan: Issue 7, 2014"

...The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) monitored the 2015 cotton production cycle from beginning to end. The Uzbek government implemented a forced-labour system as it has in previous years...Police repeatedly arrested and physically assaulted human rights defenders to try to stop them from monitoring...UGF presents this 7th and final issue of the Chronicle of Forced Labour in Uzbekistan 2015, which details violations of commitments made by the Uzbek government, that are explained in the previous Issue 6 of the Chronicle