Partners in the Cotton Campaign, a coalition of human rights organizations, filed a formal complaint calling for the halt of all cotton [...]
Source: Cotton Campaign
Hard Stand of U.S. on Cotton’s Forced Labor
America's hard stand on both Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan regarding forced labor. The U.S. State Department gave the governments of both [...]
Abuse on Cotton Fields Persists Despite Change in Uzbek Policy
The Cotton Campaign announced today that Uzbekistan has finally excused students and some health and education workers from the cotton [...]
U.S. Customs Halts Imports of Forced Labor Cotton from Turkmenistan
The United States Customs and Border Protection has announced that it will issue a Withhold Release Order (WRO), formally banning the [...]
The Root Causes of Uzbekistan’s Forced Labor
While the Uzbek government has made progress in eliminating forced labor in the country’s annual cotton harvest, on-the-ground [...]