In Turkmenistan, the death of a journalist lifts the viel on forced labor in cotton fields
Journalist Khudayberdy Allashov died on August 13, 2024, aged 35, after nearly ten years of persecution by the Turkmen regime.
In 2016, he dared to tell the story of forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton fields.
Forbidden Stories has carried on his work and can reveal that this cotton, theoretically banned from the textile industry’s supply chains, continues to flood the shelves of European clothing stores.
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