Elena Urlaeva
Credentials
Humanitarian Cause
Ending Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Bonded Labor, Forced Labor, Modern Slavery, Rescue, Documenting and Reporting Human Rights Violations
Impact Location
Uzbekistan
Occupation
Activist / Head of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan
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About
Elena Urlaeva is an Uzbek activist and head of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan. For years, Ms. Urlaeva has been documenting cases of forced labor in the cotton industry. Because of her work, the activist has been arrested, beaten, and imprisoned by Uzbek officials. In 2010, Elena Urlaeva received the Per Anger Prize for her selfless struggle for human rights.
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