Forced Labor Persists in Turkmenistan's Cotton Harvest Despite Reform Talks

Independent reports indicate that teachers, healthcare workers, and state enterprise employees in Turkmenistan are paying to avoid forced cotton picking. This occurs while the government discusses combating forced labor with the ILO and EU, though official accounts omit the cotton harvest.

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