Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners
Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners

Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners

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Petitions issued to US authorities cite ‘integral role of forced labour’ involving Uighur Muslims and other minority groups

 

Human rights campaigners are calling on US authorities to ban all imports of cotton from the Chinese province of Xinjiang after allegations of widespread forced labour.

Two identical petitions, delivered today to US Custom and Border Protection, cite “substantial evidence” that the Uighur community and other minority groups are being press-ganged into working in the region’s cotton fields.

The petitions note the “integral role of forced labour” in China’s penal and economic system, which campaigners state has given rise to a “cotton gulag” in Xinjiang.

Source: theguardian.com

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