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24 Sep 2014

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Cotton Campaign

Uzbekistan: Daewoo International: time for action

Daewoo International’s latest statement in response to a petition to stop profiting from forced labor, signed by 230,000 people from more than 190 countries, merely repeats its previous comments (See: February 2013, June 11, 2013, June 25, 2013). Daewoo once again admits it purchases cotton produced with forced labor of children and adults in Uzbekistan and continues to process it in Uzbekistan and sell raw Uzbek cotton and products made with it around the world. Daewoo presents no evidence for its claims to be “requesting active intervention of the Uzbekistan Government to eliminate forced labor” and misrepresents the Uzbek government’s interaction with the International Labour Organization (ILO)...We therefore call on Daewoo and its parent company POSCO to urgently take the following actions...

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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

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