human rights activists protest against child labor in Uzbekistan on the private sector Gulnara Karimova parade
With its art deco facade and celebrity clientele, which was an unlikely place for a confrontation between the defenders of human rights and the "most hated person" of the former Soviet republic .
But Thursday against the demonstrators gathered on child labor on the sidewalk of Cipriani, one of the finest restaurants in New York, where President of the eldest daughter of Uzbekistan Gulnara Karimova, organized a parade of their latest collection of clothing.
After protests similar day, IMG, the organizers of Fashion Week in New York, canceled a planned presentation by Karimova, who runs the label Guli. Undeterred, Karimova, who was celebrated as the likely successor to President Islam Karimov's dictatorship, tried to save face by moving his show in a private place.
If his supporters hoped to avoid a demonstration, however, failed.
impeccably dressed in the fashion that appeared on the face of Cipriani against militants of child labor, chanting, waving banners and handing out leaflets, while the interior has slowed progress safer militants checking their passes. The enthusiasm of the security guards, specially designed for the event, advertising Guli also affected, as some photographers of fashion magazines covering the event were denied entry.
demonstrators movement of the Uzbeks, who held a sign saying: "I always dream of going to the park with my mom and dad, but I have to pick cotton for the week Fashion Gulnora Karimova. "
Uzbekistan, one of the largest cotton producing countries in the world, generally removes up to 2 million schoolchildren across the country and forcing them to reap the harvest of cotton, in accordance the International Labour Rights Forum.
asked what made the protest, one guest, who declined to be named, said: "It is unfortunate what is happening in Uzbekistan the reputation of his father is not good, but [Gulnora] want. change things. "
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