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3 Aug 2014

Author:
Walk Free

Daewoo: help end Uzbek cotton slavery

...Daewoo has continued doing business in Uzbekistan even after publicly acknowledging that the Uzbek government uses forced labour to produce the cotton it buys and processes. Call on Daewoo to send a strong message to the Uzbek government that forced labour cannot continue by: stopping operations in Uzbekistan until the International Labour Organization has verified this practice has ended; publicly pledging its opposition to the Uzbek government’s forced labour system.

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Walk Free calls on Daewoo to cease processing cotton made with forced labour in Uzbekistan

Cotton Campaign raises concerns about Daewoo's response on continuing to source cotton from Uzbekistan despite forced labour