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Article

15 May 2009

Author:
Amnesty International UK

Panel discussion: "What Not to Wear: Cotton and child slavery" [London, 9 June]

Uzbekistan's...cotton industry...is underpinned by a system of state sponsored forced labour, particularly of children...This discussion will focus on what can be done to end the use of forced labour within the cotton industry. Considering the action taken by some retailers to ban Uzbek cotton from their products, why do other retailers continue to use it? How can we as consumers ensure that we are not inadvertently contributing to the problem?