Incredible reporting by BBC & this story is about way more than "tainted cotton." Was sent this link by a Jewish friend who agreed what the Han Chinese government is doing to Chinese Uighur's is like what Nazis first did to Jews, which ended in the Shoah. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/nz0g306v8c/china-tainted-cotton

In my opinion it's important to note that with 20% of the world's cotton coming from these forced labour conditions, despite what brands say they ensure none of their cotton is sourced from these fields, it's practically impossible to say that for certain so we all are complicit.

For proof of that I highly recommend giving NPR's @planetmoney equally incredible series from 2013 which traced from, cotton fields, the making of a simple t-shirt, to its 2nd hand resale & recycling here in Africa. https://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title 

But the key point in that NPR series is when they are in a massive warehouse & cotton from all over the world gets mixed together according to quality.

So even if you think your jeans are "ethically sourced" it's very likely it's "tainted" by forced Chinese Uighur labour. I once spoke to a friend who works for one of the major SA retailers - not a fast fashion retailer by the way - about this & she agreed retailers know this.

The very notion that any fashion you pick up off a rack somewhere is 100% "ethically sourced" is just a marketing ploy.

If we are disgusted at what the Chinese government is doing to Uighurs, it's up to our governments to make a fuss over this.

But it's not likely they will because China is China & power & money rule in our global economic system which to this day, still makes use of forced, practically slave-like conditions because of governments like China.

But even so, it doesn't mean we should just give up and accept that this is the way things are. If our democracies are truly so wonderful, we should be placing pressure on our governments to pressurise the Chinese to free & leave the Uighurs alone.