UZBEKISTAN: H&M accused of buying Uzbek cotton
By Petah Marian | 17 December 2012
Fashion retailer H&M Hennes and Mauritz has come under pressure to break ties with clothing suppliers that buy cotton from Uzbekistan, where large quantities of the fibre are produced using forced and child labour.
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