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IKEA furniture was allegedly produced by prisoners in Belarus penal colonies under forced labor conditions, according to a new report by the French non-profit investigative journalism network Disclose

Disclose alleges that at least ten of

suppliers resorted to forced labor from prisoners in Belarus’ IK-15 penal colony and IK-2 juvenile prison. said, adding the war in Ukraine accelerated its June 2022 decision to leave Belarus and terminate all its contracts with suppliers there. “While present in Belarus, we carried out regular audits in combination with the mapping of our supply chain to secure compliance with our requirements. Anytime we receive indications of misconduct, we take them seriously, investigate and act on them.

worth approximately $83 million under a strategy called “Go Belarus,” with the volume of products manufactured by Belarussian companies registering an annual growth of 50%, according to a 2019 statement by the Belarus Ambassador to Sweden. At the time the ambassador, Dmitry Mironchik, said

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Now there is another business they want to destroy.....

jamiegangel They were released after correctly assembling the furniture.

Oh no YungFika

Spare me your pearl clutching Media.... If you really cared, you'd find many more situations like this on China, but you can't say anything bad about China.

IKEA was top campaign contributor to Obama’s election. Fact-check.

Fuck IKEA🤢🤮

No wonder there's always a piece missing .... FlatPackHell 🤣🤣🤣

Secret escape plan.

Glad to hear Ikea is giving them an opportunity to repay society. Their hard work is reflected in the everyday low prices and poor quality.

who cares? humans are slaves anyways. do what we tell you! get ze shots! bivalentvaccine sucks

Who really cares. Life in prison should be punative, or it means nothing.

FFS!

No it wasn’t. It was produced in my living room. They just boxed it up.

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