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October 7, 2020 Women's Wear Daily

Fashion’s Forced Labor Test in Xinjiang

The apparel industry faces supply chain challenges as it confronts human rights crisis.

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October 2, 2020 Channel 4 News

Uyghur persecution: Evidence of new detention facilities

In July a coalition of human rights groups estimated as many as 1 in 5 of the cotton garments sold world wide have ties to the forced labor practices in Xinjiang

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October 2, 2020 Cosmopolitan

Do You Know Who Made Your Plain White Tee?

We need to talk about the fashion industry's role in the ongoing humanitarian crisis happening to Uyghur Muslims in China.

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September 30, 2020 Open

L’ombra dei lavori forzati dietro i grandi brand della moda: il blitz dell’artista uiguro per le strade di Milano – Le immagini

I manifesti dell’artista uiguro Yettesu sono stati affissi per il centro di Milano, con l’obiettivo di sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica sui campi di detenzione che si nascondono dietro gli abiti dei grandi marchi

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September 30, 2020 la Repubblica

Genocidio degli Uiguri, Il Congresso degli Stati Uniti ha messo al bando i prodotti a rischio di lavoro forzato, e l’Europa?

L'appello della Campagna Abiti Puliti. Da 1 a 1,8 milioni di uiguri e turco musulmani in campi di detenzione. Il più grande internamento di minoranze dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale

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September 30, 2020 New York Daily News

Models, Uighur activists protest outside studio at start of New York Fashion Week

Models and activists rallied outside the center of New York Fashion Week on Sunday to call on brands not to use cotton made through forced labor by members of China’s Uighur minority.

September 21, 2020 The Wall Street Journal

Auditors Say They No Longer Will Inspect Labor Conditions at Xinjiang Factories

Restricted access has made inspections difficult in a region where China’s repressive tactics against Muslim minorities have been criticized

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September 15, 2020

Statement: Human rights, labour and investor organisations restate call for a Regional WRO, and press for transparency and robust enforcement

On September 14, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced five new withhold release orders (WROs) in response to China’s widespread use of forced and prison labour in the Uyghur…

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September 14, 2020 Business Insider

Human rights groups urge Trump to ban Chinese cotton over Xinjiang forced labor camps. The implications of a ban ‘would be enormous’ in Beijing, one expert said.

China is one of the world's biggest cotton producers, and 80% of its cotton comes from the Xinjiang region, where Beijing is forcing Muslim groups, including Uighurs, to live in forced labor camps.

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September 9, 2020 Bloomberg Radio

Mahmut: China is Engaged in Genocide of Uyghurs

As British MPs accuse China of ethnic cleansing, human rights activist Rahima Mahmut discusses her own experiences and what she sees as genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Mahmut, from the World Uyghur Congress, tells Daybreak Europe's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing that companies and consumers must stop buying goods from the Xinjiang region which are tainted by forced labour.

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