Could forced labour cotton be in your clothes? Reporter Joe Galvin follows the threads back to China’s Xinjiang province, where a repressed minority pick and process cotton to make many of the clothes we wear.
When horrifying reports of crimes against humanity and forced labour in Xinjiang, China’s cotton heartland, first emerged, clothing retailers vowed to halt sourcing from the region.
But can cotton from Xinjiang, picked and processed by a repressed minority called the Uyghurs, still be found on our high streets?
RTÉ Investigates dives into Ireland’s clothing supply chains and finds that years after the promises they made, some of Ireland’s largest retailers remain exposed to forced labour cotton.
