NGOs and a Uyghur survivor have filed a complaint in France against four multinational clothing companies accused of profiting from forced labor imposed on the minority of Uyghurs in China, they announced in a statement on Friday.
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The companies Inditex (owner of the Zara brand), Uniqlo, SMCP (Sandro, Maje, ...) and the sports shoemaker Skechers are accused of "
concealment of forced labor and crimes against humanity
" in this complaint filed by the anti-corruption association Sherpa, the Ethique sur Etiquette collective (French branch of "
Clean clothes campaign
"), the Uyghur Institute of Europe "(IODE) and a Uyghur woman who was interned in the province of Xinjiang (north- West China).
