Xinjiang Cotton Still Making Its Way to the US

September 1, 2023 | Sourcing Journal | By Jasmin Malik Chua

Babur Ilchi, program manager at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C., said that Reuter’s findings confirm what Uyghur organizations and researchers have been saying: that there must be greater due diligence to ensure that no Uyghur forced labor goods are entering any market.

“It highlights a clear need for stronger enforcement and for Canada, the U.K. and the EU to avoid becoming a hot market for dumped Uyghur forced labor goods,” he said. “These goods are directly fuelling a genocide and should be locked out of consumer markets.”

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