Dilfuza Toshmatova, deputy hokim of Sariosiyo district of Surkhandarya region, became the first casualty of this year’s cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, which has faced a shortage of pickers for the past three years. On September 8, the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction announced that deputy hokim Toshmatova had been held administratively liable for “coercion […]| Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
A local official in Uzbekistan was caught coercing mahalla employees to recruit cotton pickers, raising concerns about forced labor in the 2024 harvest season.| Uzbek Forum for Human Rights
