astounding BBC report was released, detailing the ways in which Uighur women have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured in detention camps in Xinjiang, western China.
Or perhaps it wasn’t as astounding as all that. Horrific as the details are, we have known about the presence of these camps and the appalling treatment of the Uighurs – an ethnic-minority Muslim group who are also Chinese nationals – for years.
Upsettingly, this is an issue that we are all somewhat embroiled in, simply by the fact of wearing clothes. Over a quarter of the world’s cotton is grown and spun into fabric in Xinjiang, meaning most of us will own at least one T-shirt, jacket or dress that has been partly made by forced Uighur labour.
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