November 16, 2019

Cotton and Corporate Responsibility: Fighting Forced Labor in Xinjiang and Uzbekistan

There are considerable differences with regard to forced labor in Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, but there is an underlying corporate responsibility to not engage in human rights abuses.

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September 1, 2020

Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners

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January 30, 2020

BCI slammed for refusing to quit Xinjiang

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September 11, 2020

Uzbek cotton: Time to drive child labour from value chains

Stronger legislation and successful awareness raising are helping in the fight to eradicate child labour from cotton’s supply chain

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November 16, 2019

Teachers toil in cotton fields as Tajikistan tries to fix trade imbalance

Farmers are forced to grow it. Teachers are forced to pick it. And though everyone loses, the government still thinks cotton will fix its lopsided balance of trade.

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October 21, 2019

Lawyers contest UK imports of 'slave-picked' Uzbek cotton in landmark EU case

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January 29, 2020

Cotton Campaign coalition to assess cotton harvest results in Uzbekistan

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July 21, 2021

Reports of forced labor are driving brands to abandon Chinese cotton

Early last year, amid mounting reports of forced labor and human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), U.S. outdoor apparel maker Patagonia (...)

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April 23, 2020

UK urged to stop cotton imports made in Chinese 'prison camps'

Emma BathaLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Major brands are turning a blind eye to forced labour on a scale not seen since World War Two, (...)

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May 21, 2021

Giles: All Eyes on China

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