The French investigation opened in June 2021 against clothing giants such as Uniqlo and Inditex, accused by associations of having benefited from forced labor by Uyghurs in China, was dismissed in April, a source close to AFP learned on Thursday. to the case.
The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (Pnat), which deals with crimes against humanity in France, confirmed to AFP that it had closed this complaint because it considers itself legally incompetent.
The complainants want to arrest an investigating judge “quickly” to resume the investigation, said their lawyer Me William Bourdon, consulted by AFP.
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