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Inditex and three other multinationals are brought to justice in France

Paris, Apr 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Martí Rodríguez) Inditex and three other multinationals are the subject in France of the first complaint filed in Europe against the textile sector for allegedly benefiting from Uighur forced labor and being accomplices of the crimes committed against that Chinese minority of Muslim religion.FOOTAGE FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN PARISSOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS: 1.- William Bourdon, lawyer and founder of the NGO SherpaFrom that point of view, the complaint is unprecedented. It is unprecedented. The idea that these companies should assume criminal responsibility for the fact of importing textile products and shoes from a region of the world from which they cannot ignore that what they import is done at the highest price: that of committing crimes against humanity, a genocide. 2.- Raphaêl Glucksmann, MEP of the Place Publique party “The only way to influence the Chinese government and achieve the closure of the concentration camps and the end of the oppression of the Uyghur people is to show that there is a price for this policy. And that whoever wants to benefit from this policy will have to pay a price ”. 3.- Nayla Ajaltouni, coordinator from Ethics on Labels."The role of the consumer is key to the extent that it is a form of pressure that arms and supports us as civil society against politicians and transnational companies."