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Punished for Obedience: Officials Become Victims of Uzbekistan’s Cotton System

Summary by uzbekforum.org
Dilfuza Toshmatova, deputy hokim of Sariosiyo district of Surkhandarya region, became the first casualty of this year’s cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, which has faced a shortage of pickers for the past three years. On September 8, the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction announced that deputy hokim Toshmatova had been held administratively liable for “coercion to labor” and fined 20.6… Source
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uzbekforum.org broke the news in on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
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