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Elena Urlaeva

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Humanitarian Cause

Trafficking in Persons, Human Rights

Impact Location

Uzbekistan

Occupation

Head of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan

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Elena Urlaeva is an Uzbek human rights activist. She is the 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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Elena Urlaeva – Modern Day Hero
Elena Urlaeva is an Uzbek human rights activist. She is the head of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan. For years, Ms. Urlaeva has been…