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10/12/2015

Topic Reading-Vol.1279-10/12/2015

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Why you could be wearing cotton picked by forced labor
White Gold. Cotton used to be picked by slaves in southern states of America long ago. As no innovation or improvement has been applied to the process, picking cotton is still a labor intensive work.
Now a large amount of cotton is produced in Central Asia, namely Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, in slavery conditions. Those governments have been forcing their own citizens, including children, to pick cotton in hot, hazardous and unsanitary conditions. And they get nearly nothing but relief from being accused or humiliated by their own government. Only the limited number of government elites enjoy profiting from the produce.
So far, the international community and human right groups have little succeeded in changing or improving the situation. Sounds like North Korea, doesn’t it?
Enjoy reading and learning how the cotton products you’re using or wearing produced.

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