WASHINGTON — The government of Uzbekistan wants the boycott against its cotton industry to be over.
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“Seven years ago RSN created the Uzbek Cotton Pledge. Due in part to the international community refusing to source cotton harvested with slave labour, we are starting to see a commitment by the government of Uzbekistan to change its antiquated and abusive system.”
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In previous years, local health inspector Abdusamat Kurbanov would have earned high praise and fat kickbacks for forcing hundreds of workers to leave their day jobs and pick cotton in Uzbekistan’s sweltering cotton fields for weeks at a stretch.
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