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THE WEEK IN RIGHTS | JUNE 29, 2016 |
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2015 Simon Buxton/Anti-Slavery International | Each year, Uzbekistan forces many people, including children, to work in the country's cotton fields for weeks in arduous conditions.
So why is the World Bank funding many of these projects, knowing that the workers cannot refuse to be there?
We need your help. Join us and tell the World Bank to stop funding projects in Uzbekistan that rely on forced labor. |
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