Auditors hired by Western firms to make sure their products aren’t being made from forced Uighur labor in China now say they won’t carry out the checks

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Protesters march in support of China's Uighurs in Istanbul, Turkey, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Auditing firms have said they will no longer investigate Western companies' supply chains in Xinjiang , China , where major brands have been connected to forced work by Uighur Muslims. Five firms told The Wall Street Journal that they would not run checks in the area, while two others reportedly told a workers' rights group the same thing. Human-rights groups say China makes it essentially impossible to verify if forced labor is being used in Xinjiang textile factories, and that such audits could end up...