Retailers under pressure to ban cotton from Uighur, China, after forced labour allegations
A think tank report found at least half a million people have been forced to pick cotton by hand
Protests against the treatment of China s Uighur Muslim community take place in India
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British high street brands including John Lewis are under pressure by human rights campaigners to ban cotton picked in the part of China that is home to its oppressed Uighur population.
It came after reports revealed at least half a million Muslims are being forced to work in the fields of the Chinese region amid an ongoing anti-Muslim crackdown by Beijing that has seen people detained and put into so-called re-education camps.