Cotton Campaign Urges Uzbekistan to Investigate Harassment of Activists – The Diplomat

Two years after the the Cotton Campaign called for the global boycott of Uzbek cotton to be lifted, following monitoring by groups like the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights that found “no systemic or systematic, government-imposed forced labor during the cotton harvest,” monitors continue to face difficulties in Uzbekistan. 

On May 2, the Cotton Campaign urged the Uzbek government to take action to protect those engaged in independent monitoring and reporting on labor rights following the harassment of a well-known activist and a…