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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
China frees 3 activists who probed Ivanka Trump shoe supplier
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleChinese authorities release on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands.
The three activists walked out of a police station in Ganzhou, a city in southeastern Jiangxi province todafy, the final day of their legally mandated 30-day detention period limit.
The activists were working with China Labor Watch, a New York-based group, and were investigating Huajian Group factories in the southern Chinese cities of Ganzhou and Dongguan.
The company has denied allegations of excessive overtime and low wages. It says it stopped producing Ivanka Trump shoes months ago.
China Labor Watch says the three men were released on bail pending trial.
— AP
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