http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/ neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-33027 C 'est la vie! Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:33:11 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-33027 They use students and pupils in these campaings, because they are the most cheap force of labour... and moreover they don't pay them usually. jafar, of course it is ploitical issue, otherwise there were not be such pressures/punishments. They use students and pupils in these campaings, because they are the most cheap force of labour… and moreover they don’t pay them usually.
jafar, of course it is ploitical issue, otherwise there were not be such pressures/punishments.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-33017 Chucho Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:42:59 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-33017 It's ok to go to jail but to go out from university or school it's worse thing. I thing we shoul solve this problems, but President Imomali Rahmon said in last year in his speech, students and pupils will not to go to pick cotten but they stiill using students as a member of farmer to pick cotten, but this government don'n care about literacy of students. Economic devolopment can occur by investing PUBLIC and MERIT GooDS, government should know about it. It’s ok to go to jail but to go out from university or school it’s worse thing. I thing we shoul solve this problems, but President Imomali Rahmon said in last year in his speech, students and pupils will not to go to pick cotten but they stiill using students as a member of farmer to pick cotten, but this government don’n care about literacy of students. Economic devolopment can occur by investing PUBLIC and MERIT GooDS, government should know about it.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32897 Tajikistan » Blog Archives » Silk Road: Tajikistan Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:12:12 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32897 [...] Everybody to cotton-fields!This is what happening in Tajikistan at present day. Local officials in the areas, where cotton is grown, force local people to go to the fields. Previously it was reported that students are forcefully made gather the cotton harvest, … [...] […] Everybody to cotton-fields!This is what happening in Tajikistan at present day. Local officials in the areas, where cotton is grown, force local people to go to the fields. Previously it was reported that students are forcefully made gather the cotton harvest, … […]

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32866 jafar Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:05:00 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32866 This shows that cotton is a political issue. The market is not free in the country. Also locally they say businessmen control the cotton, however if so they are political businessmen. This shows that cotton is a political issue. The market is not free in the country. Also locally they say businessmen control the cotton, however if so they are political businessmen.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32707 Vadim Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:35:06 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32707 No you'll not be put in jail, that is too cruel, but you'll be fired if you work in the governmental agency, you'll be prohibited to sell goods even after the cotton harvesting is over, you'll be dismissed from a university etc. These kind of pressures are sometimes worse than a jail. No you’ll not be put in jail, that is too cruel, but you’ll be fired if you work in the governmental agency, you’ll be prohibited to sell goods even after the cotton harvesting is over, you’ll be dismissed from a university etc. These kind of pressures are sometimes worse than a jail.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32704 Andrew Yim Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:26:11 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/09/30/everybody-to-cotton-fields/#comment-32704 And if one refuses to pick cotton? Jail? Or worse? And if one refuses to pick cotton? Jail? Or worse?

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