(Anadolu News Agency) China has been using forced labor camps and prison labor to profit off of the cotton industry in its Xinjiang region, a non-profit organization said Thursday.
Xinjiang is home to 84% of the country's cotton and exports material to many of China's clothing manufacturers, according to a report by Citizen Power Initiatives for China (CPIC).
U.S. companies that have been using materials originating in these prison labor camps include Disney, Adidas, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Nike, according to Louisa Greve, Director for External Affairs of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
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