Tag: Forced labor

France probes claims that retailers used forced Uyghur labor

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PARIS — French prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged involvement in crimes against humanity based on claims that global retailers, including Uniqlo and...

Actor Allison Mack faces sentencing in NXIVM sex-slave case

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NEW YORK — TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in a scandal-ridden, cult-like upstate New York group, is facing sentencing Wednesday...

US blocks solar components from China over labor abuses

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WASHINGTON — A major Chinese producer of material used to make solar panels will be barred from the U.S. market as part of...

Biden to urge G-7 leaders to call out, compete with China

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CARBIS BAY, England — The United States plans to push democratic allies on Saturday to publicly call out China for forced labor practices as...

China criticizes Western brands’ toys, clothes as unsafe

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BEIJING — The Chinese government has accused H&M, Nike, Zara and other brands of importing unsafe or poor quality children's clothes and other goods,...

US blocks seafood from Chinese fleet for mistreating crew

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. government blocked imports of seafood Friday from the fleet of a Chinese company that authorities say forced crew members to...

Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang

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AKSU, China — A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking...

US Judge: Saipan casino builder must pay 7 ex-workers $5.4M

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HONOLULU — A judge on the U.S. Pacific island of Saipan on Monday ordered a Hong Kong company to pay seven Chinese construction workers...

On Eid, Xinjiang imams defend China against US criticism

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BEIJING — Muslim leaders from the Xinjiang region rejected Western allegations that China is suppressing religious freedom, speaking at a reception Thursday for foreign...

West and rights groups accuse China of massive Uyghur crimes

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UNITED NATIONS — Human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain and Germany accused China of massive crimes against the...