In the fields of Uzbekistan, children as young as seven can be seen picking cotton from bushes larger than themselves. For the ruling elite, it's a lucrative business. But rights activists say it ...

At least 18 children have died in Uzbekistan after consuming a medicinal syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech, according to the Uzbek Health Ministry. CNN values your feedback 1.

When Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev's eldest daughter and top aide, Saida Mirziyoeva, is paying visits to sick children in a hospital far from the capital, Tashkent, it is probably an ...

Once plagued by high hepatitis B rates, Uzbekistan has achieved remarkable success. A nationwide survey shows only 0.2% of ...

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights, which issues regular, detailed reports on the cotton harvest and forced labor of children and adults, reported based on their on-the-ground research that ...

Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a longtime leader in the fight to end abusive child labor around the globe. As youngsters in the ...

The report fails to cite Uzbekistan as a country that does not comply with minimal standards to combat forced and child labor, or a “Tier III country,” the groups said.

Uzbek authorities use children during the annual cotton harvest despite international condemnation of the practice. (Photo: Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights) After taking a PR battering recently ...

KOKAND, Uzbekistan – KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she ...

For months state-run media propaganda in Uzbekistan has warned about the supposedly detrimental effects of foreign media and culture on young people. Now President Islam Karimov’s administration seems ...

KOKAND, Uzbekistan – KOKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she ...