And U.N. labor experts, scholars and activists say the programs fit well-documented patterns of forced labor. We documented their presence at 75 factories across 11 provinces in at least five ...

“Forced labour in the textile industry is widespread and often concealed,” Thivya says. “It’s not a random occurrence. It stems directly from the business model of fashion brands.

While the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act prevents certain imports to the U.S. from Xinjiang, Chinese goods tainted with Uyghur forced labor may still be arriving on Western shores.

The European Union’s new Forced Labor Regulation will require companies to identify and eliminate forced labor in their operations and supply chains, Human Rights Watch and the Cornell Global ...

A 50-year-old woman and her 45-year-old husband were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor and four counts of forced labor, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

The U.S. has added 37 China-based companies to the UFLPA Entity List, expanding import bans on goods linked to forced labor in Xinjiang ...

The Trump administration is weighing whether to add Temu and Shein to a forced labor list in a major blow to the Chinese fast-fashion giants, soon after President Trump imposed tariffs on China ...

Homeland Security announced on Friday that it was blacklisting 29 Chinese-based companies under the Uyghur Forced Labor Act, bringing the number of companies banned under the law to 107.

The European Union is one step closer to completing a long-awaited bloc-wide ban on the sale of products made with forced labor. The Council of the EU on Tuesday approved a regulation that would ...

Approximately 27.6 million people work in forced labour conditions around the world, in many industries and in every continent. Most forced labour takes place in the private sector, while some is ...

Prisoners cutting down trees along the Highway 29 while fighting a wildfire near Calistoga, California, on October 12, 2017. As a ballot measure to end forced prison labor did not pass ...

Today, California relies on prison labor for operations and maintenance, including food service.We produce more than 1,400 products and services like road signs, textiles, medical equipment ...