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September 21, 2021

Coalition Statement on European Commission’s Proposed Ban on Products Made with Forced Labour

On Tuesday, September 21, the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region applauded the European Commission’s proposed import ban on products made by forced labour. The action marks…

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September 8, 2021 Women's Wear Daily

Activists Plan to Keep Eyes on Uyghur Forced Labor at NYFW

Activists don’t want attention straying from fashion’s human rights infringements — especially not on the global stage that is New York Fashion Week. On Thursday morning, organizers from industry groups…

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September 3, 2021 Vogue Scandinavia

Louise Xin is changing the world one dress at a time

The Chinese-Swedish designer caused a buzz this week when she sent models down the runway with signs calling the end of genocide in Uyghur. So what’s next the fashion activist?

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September 3, 2021 Vox

How your favorite jeans might be fueling a human rights crisis

In December 2018, I visited a large dyeing facility inside the Shaoxing Industrial Zone, south of the coastal city of Hangzhou, China. Twenty minutes out from the manufacturing hub, I…

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August 28, 2021 BBC

Shein: China fashion giant investigates ‘false’ anti-Uyghur job ads

Chinese fast fashion firm Shein has launched an investigation into “false” discriminatory job adverts posted on recruitment sites under its name. Adverts seen by the BBC for factory and warehouse…

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July 18, 2021 Fortune

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 resolved to stop sourcing cotton…

July 16, 2021 Polygraph

Despite Growing Evidence, China Denies Uyghur ‘Forced Labor’

On July 14, the United States Senate passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, intended “to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the…

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July 13, 2021

Coalition Statement on State Department’s Updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory

Today’s Updated Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory, issued by six U.S. Government departments, is an encouraging further step toward holding the Chinese Government accountable for the continued human rights abuses…

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July 9, 2021 The Irish Times

China’s cotton trade: Boycotts give hope to Uighurs but companies take a hit

For Jewher Ilham, consumers in the West refusing to buy products linked to the use of forced labour in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, is one of ideas that gives her…

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July 5, 2021 Apparel Insider

French prosecutors target fashion over Xinjiang links

PARIS – French prosecutors have opened an investigation against fashion retailers Uniqlo, Zara owner Inditex, French company SMCP and US footwear brand Skechers for allegedly concealing “crimes against humanity” in…

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