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Evidence of Forced Labour in China’s Xinjiang Region ‘Deeply Troubling,’ UK Says Research published by a Washington-based think tank has confirmed that at least 570,000 Uyghurs were forced to pick cotton in China’s Xinjiang region through the government’s coercive labour training and transfer scheme. The number is calculated based on the three major Uyghur regions and would “easily add tens of thousands, more likely hundreds of thousands, to this figure,” when including prisoners ...

  BEIJING, CHINA -- Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced to pick cotton through a coercive state-run scheme, a report has said. The research published Monday by Washington-based think tank the Center for Global Policy is likely to heap more pressure on global brands such as Nike, Gap and Adidas, which have been accused of using Uighur forced labour in their textile supply chains. Rights activists have said Xinjiang is ho...

BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority laborers in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced to pick cotton through a coercive state-run scheme, a report has said. The research published Monday by Washington-based think tank the Center for Global Policy is likely to heap more pressure on global brands such as Nike, Gap and Adidas, which have been accused of using Uighur forced labor in their textile supply chains. Rights activists have said Xinjiang is home to a vast ne...

Synopsis According to the documents seen by the BBC, more than half a million workers from minority groups are forced to pick cotton in a coercive environment. Getty Images Along with Uyghurs, other minorities are also being pushed into forced manual labour. New Delhi: China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the vast cotton fields of its western region of Xinjiang, according to new research seen by the BBC. Based on newly discovered on...

More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in Chinas Xinjiang region: Report China has strongly denied allegations of forced labour involving Uighurs in Xinjiang, and accused the US of wanting to suppress Xinjiang companies Agence France-Presse December 15, 2020 16:18:59 IST Representational image. Reuters Beijing: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers i...

More than half a million of Uighur labourers in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive state labour scheme, a report has said. At least 570,000 people in Xinjiangs three majority-Uighur regions were sent to pick cotton as part of a state-run coercive labour transfer scheme in 2018, according to Washington-based think tank the Center for Global Policy. Rights activists have said the Muslim-inhabited region is home to a vast network of...

Updated Dec 15, 2020 | 13:07 IST The latest US ban on products made with Chinese outfit XPCCs cotton has prompted ratings agency ICRA to suggest that it could work in Indias favour. Representational image.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspTwitter Key Highlights The ban has sweeping consequences for apparel firms and other companies importing cotton products As per the Indian Cotton Associations estimates, cotton exports are expected to rise as high as 65 lakh bales in the c...

Tuesday, 15 December, 2020 - 13:00 Xinjiang is a global hub for the crop, producing over 20 percent of the worlds cotton |AFP Asharq Al-Awsat Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority laborers in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced to pick cotton through a coercive state-run scheme, a report has said. The research published Monday by Washington-based think tank the Center for Global Policy is likely to heap more pr...

8 Xinjiang is a global hub for the crop, producing over 20% of the worlds cotton. BEIJING: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive state labour scheme, a report has said. Rights activists have said the northwestern Xinjiang region is home to a vast network of extrajudicial internment camps that have imprisoned at least one million people, which China has def...

Made in China? Buyer Beware | Opinion Ken Cuccinelli , Acting deputy secretary, Department of Homeland Security On 12/15/20 at 7:30 AM EST Shoppers beware: "Made in China" is not just a country-of-origin label. It is a warning that those cotton goods you are thinking of buying for family and friends during this season of giving may have been made by slave labor as part of a system that is monetizing the most egregious human rights violations in the modern world. The primary�...