Hundred Clothing Brands Around The World Boycott Uzbekistan Cotton

Uzbekistan's cotton was once again found to infringe on International Labour Law. According to a statement released by Oakland NGO purchasing network (RSN), more than 100 popular clothing Brands such as ZARA H&M, Gap, WAL-MART, GUCCI, Yves Saint Laurent decided to boycott Uzbekistan's cotton.

 

　　 Uzbekistan Children are picking cotton.

Over the past few years, the Uzbekistan authorities have been constantly criticized by international human rights activists, pointing out that during the cotton picking season, induced forced labor or modern slaves appeared in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan.

Every year, about 2 million children and adults are forced to send the Uzbek authorities to the fields. cotton The picked cotton is then sold to the government at the lowest price and then sold on the international market at a higher price. The subsequent profits were directly occupied by Uzbek's privileged class.

NGOs intend to continue to crusade until the International Labour Organization (ILO) confirms that Uzbekistan has completely terminated forced labour in the cotton field.