[bloak]

Vaguely related, in that it involves harvesting cotton in Asia: Turkmenistan uses "forced labour" for the cotton harvest. As I understand it, they need a huge number of people for 2-3 months, so people get drafted in. From the point of view of human rights I suppose it's no worse than a compulsory military service. (Or am I missing something?) Nevertheless, many people would prefer not to buy that cotton or clothes made from it, and perhaps such products shouldn't be sold internationally at all.

[kingofpandora]

It's Uzbekistan not Turkmenistan, no?

Unless they are both at it.

[bloak]

It seems to be both.

[bloak]

I wouldn't be surprised if most of Turkmenistan's and Uzbekistan's cotton gets sold to China though!