A woman tills the fields to prepare for the planting of cotton, spring, 2016, Sammarkand region.

A woman tills the fields to prepare for the planting of cotton, spring, 2016, Sammarkand region. In addition to being forced to pick cotton in the fall, thousands of public sector works, students, recipients of welfare benefits, and others are also forced to prepare the cotton fields in the spring.

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