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TitlePublicationDate
Forced Child Labor in the Cotton Fields of UzbekistanNew York Times6/22/2008
Central Asia: Child Labor Alive And ThrivingRadio Free Europe6/12/2008
Working flat out - the child labour behind your Egyptian cotton sheetsThe Observer (UK)6/8/2008
Uzbekistan ratified the Minimum Age ConventionFerghana.Ru (Russia)4/8/2008
Tesco to ban Uzbek cottonEcoTextile News1/15/2008
Call to Boycott Slave Children CottonInter Press Service1/4/2008
Kids in the Cotton FieldsBBC News10/30/2007
Child Labour on the Rise in CottonfieldsBusiness Standard (India)9/27/2007
Increased Levels of Child Labor in India’s Cotton Industry ReportedILRF Press Release9/24/2007
Seeds Of Distress: Story Of Cotton Seed Growers In APCountercurrents.org9/22/2007
Rights Groups Release Report on Child Labor in Cotton IndustryILRF Press Release6/8/2007
The Cost of CottonBBC News4/30/2007
Follow the threadFinancial Times7/22/2006
Bt cotton seed firms at the receiving endThe Financial Express1/10/2006
Proagro penalises 11 cottonseed growers for employing child labourBusiness Standard1/5/2006
Proagro to provide lower interest credits to farmersBusiness Standard12/30/2005
Bonded for Lifenewindpress.com12/23/2005
ILRF Press Release: Forced child Labor in Uzbekistan is Subject of New StudyILRF12/8/2005
The True Cost of CottonEnvironmental Justice Foundation Press Release12/8/2005
Child labour rampant in AP cotton farms: reportFinancial Express11/25/2005
MNC seed cos chalk out action plan for child labourBusiness Standard News11/17/2005
Low cottonseed procurement spawns child laborBusiness Standard11/9/2005
China's Use of Child Labor Emerges From the ShadowsLA Times5/13/2005
Cotton farms continue to employ children: surveyThe Hindu10/4/2004
Pesticide exposure claims another child labourer's lifeThe Hindu6/29/2004