UK's Marks and Spencer to ban Xinjiang cotton over Uighur 'abuses'

London (AFP) Jan 6, 2021

British supermarket chain Marks and Spencer vowed Wednesday not to use cotton from China's Xinjiang region in its clothes in response to the country's alleged treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority. In a statement on its website, the group said it had become "one of the first companies to formally sign the call to action on human rights abuses" in relation to Xinjiang. "This is in line