The world’s fifth largest cotton producer, Uzbekistan, is currently in the midst of a two-month-long harvest and, according to reports, a longstanding system of forced labor is again being used to gather the lucrative crop. For years, children as young as seven years old were forced to work in the cotton fields during the annual sowing, weeding
乌兹别克斯坦仍在使用儿童奴隶采摘棉花
乌兹别克斯坦可能已经减少了使用年幼童工的数量,但其在强迫劳动系统中使用青少年和其他人的做法继续招致社会团体、零售商和政府的批评,他们希望从供应链中清除不道德收获的乌兹别克斯坦棉花。