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November 30, 2020 Free Uyghur Now

It’s time for Zara to end its complicity in Uyghur forced labour

Deep inside a Chinese factory, a Uyghur woman hunches over a sewing machine, finishing the last stitches of a jacket while her hands tremble to sew on the final button…

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November 19, 2020 QUARTZ

If Biden wants to crack down on forced labor in Xinjiang, he’s going to need help

When Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the US on Jan. 20, he will inherit a number of thorny problems. Among them is how to confront China about…

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November 16, 2020

Press Release: Global responsible businesses must address Uyghur rights violations in China

Human rights advocates and Uyghur groups are calling on business to keep their human rights obligations in the Uyghur Region in the foreground as they participate in this year’s UN…

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November 9, 2020 Sourcing Journal

Brands From Nike to Boohoo Deny Xinjiang Forced-Labor Links

Leading fashion brands such as Adidas, Boohoo, H&M, Nike and Zara owner Inditex have denied selling products made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region following a U.K. Parliament inquiry into the risks British businesses face…

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November 6, 2020 BBC

Boohoo, H&M and Nike deny Uighur forced labour allegations

Fashion brands including Boohoo, H&M and Nike have denied using products made with the forced labour of Uighur Muslims in China. The brands, which included The North Face, were speaking…

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November 5, 2020 Freedom United

Apparel brands testify in U.K. parliament on their links to forced labor in Uyghur Region

Fashion, retail, and technology brands were this morning called to give evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of the U.K. parliament in a hearing held to determine “the extent…

November 5, 2020 Thomson Reuters Foundation

UK to big brands: do more to avoid forced labour in China’s Xinjiang

British lawmakers on Thursday urged big brands – from Gap to Zara – to ensure high-street fashion was not made from cotton picked by Muslims held in camps in China’s…

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November 5, 2020 Anti Slavery International

Businesses should be forced to cut ties with China’s modern gulag

Nearly two million Uyghurs and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples are forced to work in fields, factories and prison camps in China, harvesting and making goods destined for the High…

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November 4, 2020

Press Release: UK Parliament Calls Leading Apparel Brands to Testify on their Potential Complicity in Forced Uyghur Labour

31 human and labour rights orgs submit group testimony, calling for action to compel brands to exit the region On Thursday, 5th November the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Committee…

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November 4, 2020 Apparel Insider

Rights groups want UK laws on Xinjiang

LONDON – 31 human and labour rights organisations have submitted group testimony to this week’s parliamentary hearing on Uyghur forced labour in UK supply chains. They are urging the UK…

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