Canada probes Walmart, Hugo Boss over Uyghur labor concerns – DW – 08/25/2023
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Canada's corporate ethics watchdog will look into whether the companies used forced labor by China's Uyghur Muslims. Western governments have raised concerns about rights abuses faced by the minority community.
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    The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), which reviews complaints of human rights abuses, was looking into allegations of forced labor in their supply chains.

    The probe focuses on whether operations of the two companies were run or goods made with forced labor from China’s Uyghur Muslims.

    The companies denied the accusations and declined to participate in the ombudsperson’s preliminary assessments of the claims.

    They say over a million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the province have been held in so-called re-education camps, with a slew of abuses that include forced labor.

    CORE will also investigate the Canadian unit of fashion firm Diesel, which is owned by Italy’s OTB.

    “As mediation between the parties is not currently an option, we will be launching investigations into the allegations outlined in these reports,” said Sheri Meyerhoffer, CORE’s ombudperson.

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