In Uzbekistan, 'slave labor' used to harvest cotton

The Toronto Star    Translate This Article
25 October 2013

On 25 October 2013 The Toronto Star reported: Uzbekistan, once part of the former Soviet Union, is a dry, landlocked country in Central Asia. Islam Karimov, 75, has been President since 1990, having won three consecutive elections that were widely considered to have been rigged. Karimov's Uzbekistan is infamous for its use of torture, violent suppression of dissent, and persecution of human rights activists. It is the world's fifth-largest exporter of cotton, earning $1 billion (US) annually in exports to China, Turkey, Russia, the European Union, and Bangladesh. This year, Uzbekistan expects to harvest 3.35 million tonnes of cotton between September and November. Its citizens will be forced to pick the crop -- as they have been since 1991. Uzbeks must perform hashar -- national duty -- which the government defines as supporting the cotton harvest. Authorities force adults in the public sector -- teachers, doctors, nurses -- as well as vulnerable citizens and schoolchildren into the cotton fields. They are threatened with physical violence and the loss of jobs, social benefits, and even their pensions. Others are threatened with public humiliation. Global Good News service views this news as the failure of modern government systems. Such 'flops' highlight the need for more intelligent, evolutionary, Natural Law based, life-supporting systems.

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