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Uzbek children - clothes made from the fruits of their forced labour end up on the European high street (Photo: zongo69)

EU rhetoric/EU action: ending forced labour in Uzbek cotton industry

European Parliamentarians deserve praise for blocking a textile agreement with Uzbekistan due to systematic and continuous human rights violations in its cotton sector.

This week, the parliament’s trade committee will review this position and in light of the Uzbek government’s lack of progress in bringing this practice to a meaningful end, should call upon the European Commission to launch an investigation into Uzbekistan’s trade preferences with Europe.

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Uzbek children - clothes made from the fruits of their forced labour end up on the European high street (Photo: zongo69)

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