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Article

30 Oct 2007

Author:
BBC Newsnight

[video] [Investigation into child labour in cotton fields in Uzbekistan]

Human rights groups estimate some 450,000 children...are shut out of schools and working in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan every harvest. [Refers to Asda (part of Wal-Mart), Matalan, Topman (Topshop, part of Arcadia), Burton (part of Arcadia), Plexus Cotton, with responses from Asda, Matalan, Topman/Burton, Plexus Cotton. Also refers to Delta Group, Continental Clothing]

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