That said, H&M has acknowledged an “indirect” business relationship with another Huafu mill located in Shangyu, Zhejiang province which produces a special yarn for the company’s suppliers.
In a cautionary move, H&M announced plans to “phase out our indirect business relationship with Huafu Fashion Co, regardless of unit and province, within the next 12 months.”
Xinjiang is reportedly a hotspot of human rights abuses
It has been reported that more than a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities have been swept up by the Chinese government and forced into re-education camps located in the far-west region of Xinjiang.
A handful of experts have decried the situation, claiming it is an example of government-led cultural genocide. Reports from inside the camps indicate that detainees are subjected to forced religious conversions, political indoctrination and in some cases even torture.
Following an announcement from Beijing that the detainees have been successfully ‘re-educated,’ new reports have emerged that Uyghurs have been sent to Chinese factories under forced labor schemes.
