Social Investors and Human Rights Activists Pressure Government of Uzbekistan

Source: http://www.csrwire.com/PressRelease.php?id=12867

Socially conscious shareholders, pension funds and human rights advocates have joined together to demand that the government of Uzbekistan stop using forced child labour in its cotton harvest. Every year, the government of Uzbekistan reportedly mobilizes hundreds of thousands of children - many from ten to fifteen years old - for the manual harvesting of cotton.

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Created by Fulup on 15 August 2008

Fulup's thoughts:

It is interesting to see the names of the organisations working together on this issue.

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