More Than 100 Clothing Brands Around The World Avoid Cotton In Uzbekistan

Cotton is again found to infringe on international labour laws.

According to a statement released by Oakland NGO purchasing network (RSN), more than 100 popular clothing brands such as ZARA, H&M, Gap, WAL-MART, GUCCI, Yves Saint Laurent have decided to avoid Uzbekistan.

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Over the past few years, the Uzbekistan authorities have been constantly criticized by international human rights activists, pointing out that during the cotton picking season, induced forced labor or modern slaves appeared in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan.

Every year, about 2 million children and adults are forced to send cotton to the fields, picking cotton and selling it to the government at the lowest price, and then at a higher price.

On sale.

The subsequent profits were directly occupied by Uzbek's privileged class.

NGOs intend to continue to crusade until the International Labour Organization (ILO) confirms that Uzbekistan has completely terminated forced labour in the cotton field.

The Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O 'ZBEKISTON Respublikasi or O' ZBEKISTON Jumhuriyati), referred to as Uzbekistan, is a landlocked country located in Central Asia, and was independent of the former Soviet Union in 1991.

It is one of the two dual landlocked countries in the world (the other is Liechtenstein).

Like many other CIS economies, the Uzbek declined in the first few years of the economic pformation and began to recover after 1995, benefiting from the cumulative effect of policy reform.

The country is now the world's sixth largest cotton producer and the second largest exporter of cotton, the seventh largest gold producer in the world, and the Ukrainian country is also an important natural gas, coal, copper, oil, silver and uranium producer in the region.

It is also a unique example of a smooth pition from a planned economy to a market economy.

The Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O 'ZBEKISTON Respublikasi or O' ZBEKISTON Jumhuriyati), referred to as Uzbekistan, is a landlocked country located in Central Asia, and was independent of the former Soviet Union in 1991.

It is one of the two dual landlocked countries in the world (the other is Liechtenstein).

Like many other CIS economies, the Uzbek declined in the first few years of the economic pformation and began to recover after 1995, benefiting from the cumulative effect of policy reform.

The country is now the world's sixth largest cotton producer and the second largest exporter of cotton, the seventh largest gold producer in the world, and the Ukrainian country is also an important natural gas, coal, copper, oil, silver and uranium producer in the region.

It is also a unique example of a smooth pition from a planned economy to a market economy.