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Review: of the use of forced labor during the 2021 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan’s cotton industry is underpinned by a state-sponsored forced labor system. During each year’s harvest, and confirmed again in 2021 by independent monitors, the government forces tens of thousands of public sector workers to pick cotton, or – as alternatives – pay a bribe, or hire a replacement worker. Anyone unable to do this faces threats of lost wages and termination of employment. 

The information in this report is on based direct evidence of forced mobilization, including records of meetings at state organizations, as well as reports from Turkmen News and Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) observers and sources. In order to protect our sources, we do not publish their names or the precise location of their work.

Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: Turkmen.news, Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights
Medienart: Hintergrundinformation
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Zielgruppe: Student*innen, Erwachsene
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 32 Seiten
Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download

Suchbegriffe: Arbeitsbedingungen, Asien, Baumwolle, Fasern, ILO, Kinderarbeit, Lieferkette, Menschenrechte, Pestizide

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