Date:
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 10:00am to Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 11:37am
Location:
Outside the World Bank Headquarters
1818 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20433
On March 9, Uzbek activists will be in Washington, D.C. to send a message to the World Bank: stop supporting forced labor in Uzbekistan! They will present the Bank president with a petition signed by more than 100,000 concerned citizens from around the globe.
YOU can help! Please join us for this important action to STAND UP against egregious human rights abuse, including forced labor.
Every year the Uzbek government forces more than a million of its citizens to harvest cotton in one of the world’s largest systems of state-sponsored forced labor. Despite this well-documented violation of human rights, the World Bank is providing more than $500 million in financing to the government of Uzbekistan for projects in agriculture. Multiple independent reports have documented both forced and child labor in World Bank project areas, but the World Bank has refused to suspend its loans!
Even if you can't join in person, you can still help us hold the World Bank accountable by signing our petition!