Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in China cotton coerced labour: report

Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in China cotton coerced labour: report (yahoo.com)

"Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers 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 labour in their textile supply chains."