Uzbekistan is one of the world's largest cotton producers. It produces big amounts with the help of children, some as young as eight. Uzbekistan has signed a convention to not employ children in the cotton fields. But the practice continues. Now, 60 international companies have signed a boycot on cotton from Uzbekistan - among them big clothes traders like Adidas and Puma.
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Nina Haase talks to Niyazova Umida, the Director of the Uzbek-German Forum on Human Rights.