Report: Top brands bought cotton picked by child laborers in India

The World

A new report from the NGO Transparentem has linked businesses supplying companies including Zara-owner Inditex, H&M Group, Gap Inc. and Amazon to incidents of forced labor and debt bondage on Indian cotton farms. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

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