Education camps, that’s what they call ’em, but that’s a far cry from the deluxe shopping malls of the West were customers paw at luxury goods designed to enhance their lifestyles.
One corporation would be too many, but a new report names no less than 83 big brands that are either work directly with factories or source materials from factories, run by slave labour.
Don’t mistake this for some rogue cottage industry. The Daily Sabah talks of “tens of thousands” of Muslims proving labour for household names such as Apple, BMW, Gap, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony and Volkswagen.
It is believed by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that 27 factories exist across 9 provinces, all run by some 80,0000 modern day slaves who are thought to be Uighurs, from Xinjiang, a region they are prevented from returning to, courtesy of electronic tagging.
Nike who manufacture Spurs’ kits and training wear were asked for a comment on Monday and had yet to reply.
It might be an idea if ALL football clubs pressed ALL their suppliers in order to find out who is actually producing goods supplied to them.
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