The Cotton Campaign calls on the Uzbek government to drop criminal charges against Mahmud Rajab, a poet, journalist, and human rights defender, whose trial on contraband charges is set to begin Thursday. The government should also stop interfering with independent reporting on human rights issues, including forced labor. Over the last month, at least three people - Rajab; Davlatnazar Ruzmetov, a journalist; and Nafosat Ollashukurova, an activist and blogger - have faced harassment or interference, including arbitrary detention, politically-motivated criminal charges, and forced psychiatric treatment. In addition, a criminal investigation has been opened against...
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