Growing evidence Uighurs forced to work in China factories-report
4 years, 10 months ago

Growing evidence Uighurs forced to work in China factories-report

Al Jazeera  

Report finds Uighurs working in Chinese factories that are in the supply chains of 83 global brands. Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of “forced labour” in factories across China supplying 83 global brands, an Australian think-tank said in a report released on Sunday. “Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uighurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known global brands in the technology, clothing and automotive sectors, including Apple, BMW, Gap, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony and Volkswagen,” the think-tank said in the introduction to its report. “This report is just following along with the US anti-China forces that try to smear China’s anti-terrorism measures in Xinjiang,” spokesman Zhao Lijian at a regular press briefing on Monday. “They now live a happy life.” Public supplier lists The 83 global brands mentioned in ASPI’s report either work directly with the factories or source materials from the factories, it said, citing public supplier lists and the factories’ own information.

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US bans imports from 30 more Chinese firms over forced labour in Uyghur regions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US bans imports from 30 more Chinese firms over forced labour in Uyghur regions

Firstpost  

The new restrictions, covering a range of products from tomato paste and walnuts to gold and iron ore, are part of the federal government’s effort to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering the United States, the Federal Register posting said. The United States imposed new import bans on products from approximately 30 Chinese companies, accusing them of using …

Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail

NPR  

Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail Lisk Feng for NPR TAIPEI, Taiwan — For four years, Taiwanese social worker and activist Lee Ming-che says he spent about 13 hours a day in a Chinese prison making shoes for the Chinese military, as well as leather work gloves. Sponsor Message A second former prisoner …

Ingrained bias gives life to Xinjiang 'forced labor' lie: China Daily editorial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ingrained bias gives life to Xinjiang 'forced labor' lie: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

A harvesting machine picks cotton in a field in Shaya county, Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in October. Accusing some major European automakers of defying the United States' ban on forced labor, the US Senate Finance Committee appealed for stricter law enforcement to ensure businesses comply with the US' unilateral ban. In a report released on Monday, the committee said …

US forced labor allegations against Chinese companies strongly condemned
7 months, 2 weeks ago

US forced labor allegations against Chinese companies strongly condemned

China Daily  

Beijing expressed strong condemnation and firm opposition on Tuesday to the so-called forced labor allegation against Chinese companies, vowing to take resolute measures to safeguard legitimate rights and interests of its enterprises. The US congressional investigation released on Monday claimed that carmakers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen had used components from a Chinese supplier banned in the US over …

Forced labour taking place in China's Xinjiang region, UN's top slavery expert says
2 years, 4 months ago

Forced labour taking place in China's Xinjiang region, UN's top slavery expert says

ABC  

It is "reasonable to conclude" that forced labour of members of minority groups has taken place in China's western Xinjiang region, the UN's top expert on slavery said in a report released this week. Key points: The UN's Special Rapporteur says forced labour is happening among Uyghur, Kazakh and other ethnic minorities His report says two distinct "state-mandated" systems exist …

Forced Uighur labour in China: How can companies & shoppers help?
2 years, 6 months ago

Forced Uighur labour in China: How can companies & shoppers help?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 19:30 GMT: Taking aim at forced labour in China, the United States has enacted a new import ban on products with links to Xinjiang, including cotton, solar panels and tomatoes. The region is a major manufacturing hub that the U.S. says is built on forced labour and the oppression of the Uighur people. Major …

US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs
2 years, 6 months ago

US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs

ABC  

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide. Key points: Xinjiang is a major cotton producer that also supplies much of the world's materials for solar panels US says importers will need to …

China continues its labour abuse practices against Uighurs: UN
2 years, 10 months ago

China continues its labour abuse practices against Uighurs: UN

Al Jazeera  

A new UN report details a ‘widespread and systematic programme’ of abuse in Xinjiang as well as China’s vehement denial. China continues to carry out discriminatory work policies, such as forced labour, impossible production expectations and long working hours, against the Uighurs in its northwest province of Xinjiang, a United Nations committee said on Friday, urging Beijing to bring its …

Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
3 years ago

Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor, overcoming initial hesitation from the White House and what supporters said was opposition from corporations. The Biden administration also announced new sanctions Thursday targeting several Chinese biotech and surveillance companies, a leading drone …

EXPLAINED: Who Are The Uyghurs And How They're Linked To US And Allies' 'Boycott' Of Beijing Winter Games
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINED: Who Are The Uyghurs And How They're Linked To US And Allies' 'Boycott' Of Beijing Winter Games

News 18  

The UK, Canada and Australia have joined the US in announcing a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Games that gets underway on February 4 next year with human rights abuses in Xinjiang being a major point of concern. A report by the Council on Foreign Relations says that incidents of rioting in 2009 in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi by …

'Forced Migration' Of Uyghur Muslims From Xinjiang In China Through Job Placement Company, Shows Study
3 years, 1 month ago

'Forced Migration' Of Uyghur Muslims From Xinjiang In China Through Job Placement Company, Shows Study

ABP News  

New Delhi: A new study by think tank Policy Research Group has revealed forced migration of Uyghur Muslims in China from the Xinjiang province, reported ANI. According to the study, this minority community of China is being forced into migration to other parts of the country through a Chinese job placement company. The report stated that the company had floated …

Opinion: I was born in a Chinese ‘reeducation camp.’ I’m watching history repeat itself
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: I was born in a Chinese ‘reeducation camp.’ I’m watching history repeat itself

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Nury Turkel is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, vice chair at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and fellow of the Renew Democracy Initiative’s Frontlines of Freedom project. But to have any meaningful impact, the world’s leading democracies must pursue a bolder strategy aimed squarely at hitting China where it hurts – weaponizing import bans and …

What you should know about China’s minority Uighurs
3 years, 6 months ago

What you should know about China’s minority Uighurs

Al Jazeera  

China’s treatment of the largely Muslim ethnic group from Xinjiang has become a source of international tension with Beijing, which insists it is tackling extremism, accused of genocide. In the late summer of 2018, the United Nations revealed that at least a million Uighurs had been detained in “counter-extremism centres” in China’s Xinjiang province, thrusting the treatment of a once-obscure …

Australian Uyghurs throw support behind Senator's bill to ban imports from Xinjiang
3 years, 8 months ago

Australian Uyghurs throw support behind Senator's bill to ban imports from Xinjiang

ABC  

Representatives of Australia's Uyghur community have spoken out in support of proposed legislation to ban imports from the Xinjiang region of China in response to claims of forced labour. Key points: The Senate committee was addressed by three leaders of Australia's Uyghur community They said imposing sanctions on China was both the moral thing to do and in Australia's economic …

Who are the Uighur people and why do they face oppression by China?
3 years, 9 months ago

Who are the Uighur people and why do they face oppression by China?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Boris Johnson’s government has accused Beijing of “egregious” abuses …

Report rebukes claims on Xinjiang
3 years, 9 months ago

Report rebukes claims on Xinjiang

China Daily  

Local residents in Kuqa, China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, pose for pictures in a peach orchard, Feb. 24, 2021. People from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region who choose to work outside the region are mainly influenced by high-paying job opportunities, their families and friends, and the social environment, according to a new research report. The allegations that minorities in Xinjiang …

Report rebukes claims on Xinjiang
3 years, 9 months ago

Report rebukes claims on Xinjiang

China Daily  

Local residents in Kuqa, China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, pose for pictures in a peach orchard, Feb. 24, 2021. People from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region who choose to work outside the region are mainly influenced by high-paying job opportunities, their families and friends, and the social environment, according to a new research report. The allegations that minorities in Xinjiang …

UK condemns China’s ‘horrific barbarism’ against Uighur minority
3 years, 11 months ago

UK condemns China’s ‘horrific barbarism’ against Uighur minority

Al Jazeera  

Foreign secretary slams rights abuses and outlines new rules banning imports of goods suspected of using forced labour. The United Kingdom has accused China of human rights violations amounting to “barbarism” against its Uighur minority, as it announced, on Tuesday, new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of using forced labour. “We have a moral duty to respond.” Raab …

Xinjiang Uyghurs: UK to fine companies that fail to disclose imports tied to Chinese region
3 years, 11 months ago

Xinjiang Uyghurs: UK to fine companies that fail to disclose imports tied to Chinese region

CNN  

London CNN Business — The British government will fine companies which hide connections to China’s Xinjiang region where Uyghurs and other minorities are allegedly subject to forced labor, under a raft of new measures. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday announced the new measures, which the Foreign Office says are designed to ensure that all British organizations “are not …

AP Interview: China signals shift but no letup in Xinjiang
4 years ago

AP Interview: China signals shift but no letup in Xinjiang

Associated Press  

BEIJING — An official from China’s Communist Party signaled Monday that there would likely be no letup in its crackdown in the remote Xinjiang region, but said the government’s focus is shifting more to addressing the roots of extremism. China’s policies in Xinjiang, home to the Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, have become a major point of division …

‘Will they let us live?’ Inside Xinjiang, survivors of China’s internment camps speak
4 years ago

‘Will they let us live?’ Inside Xinjiang, survivors of China’s internment camps speak

LA Times  

The car drove toward a site visible by satellite but not marked on Chinese maps. This was territory Chinese authorities did not want the outside world to see: evidence against President Xi Jinping’s claims of bringing mass “happiness” to the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a vast system of surveillance, detention, cultural erasure and forced labor has devastated the Uighur …

More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region: Report
4 years ago

More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region: Report

Firstpost  

China has strongly denied allegations of forced labour involving Uighurs in Xinjiang, and accused the US of wanting to “suppress Xinjiang companies” Beijing: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive State labour scheme, a report has said. A report by Washington-based think-tank the Center …

US to block goods from Chinese company over rights abuses
4 years, 1 month ago

US to block goods from Chinese company over rights abuses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. said Wednesday it would block imports from a major Chinese producer of cotton goods because of its reliance on workers detained as part of a crackdown on ethnic minorities in China’s northwest. China swiftly denounced the measure, with foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying calling it a deliberate effort to use “false news” to “restrict and suppress …

Does 'large-scale forced labor' exist in Xinjiang?
4 years, 2 months ago

Does 'large-scale forced labor' exist in Xinjiang?

China Daily  

Workers make down-filled coats at a factory in Jiashi county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, last month. Fact: People of all ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region voluntarily choose their jobs and they are never forced to work outside the region, according to an investigative report issued by the Development Research Center of Xinjiang. Although industries in the relatively …

China Says Xinjiang 'Concentration Camps' Necessitated By 'Islamic Radicalism' of Uyghur Muslims
4 years, 3 months ago

China Says Xinjiang 'Concentration Camps' Necessitated By 'Islamic Radicalism' of Uyghur Muslims

News 18  

Justifying its internment camps for Uyghur Muslims, the Chinese Communist Party regime has admitted that it has subjected, on an average around 1.3 million people to re-education since 2014. Though the paper used euphemisms like “vocational training centers” for concentration camps and “education and employment training” for coercive mind rewiring practices and human rights abuse, it blamed Islamist radicalism for …

‘This is Modern Day Slavery’: US Blocks Chinese Products Made by Uighur 'Forced Labour'
4 years, 3 months ago

‘This is Modern Day Slavery’: US Blocks Chinese Products Made by Uighur 'Forced Labour'

News 18  

The US announced Monday it would block a range of Chinese products made by “forced labor” in the Xinjiang region, including from a “vocational” center that it branded a “concentration camp” for Uighur minorities. “The Chinese government is engaged in systematic abuses against the Uighur people” and other minorities, said Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection …

US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labour
4 years, 3 months ago

US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labour

India Today  

Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China have been blocked from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued orders freezing imports from companies that produce cotton, clothing and computer parts …

US halts imports from China’s Uighur region for forced labor
4 years, 3 months ago

US halts imports from China’s Uighur region for forced labor

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued orders freezing imports from companies that produce cotton, clothing and …

Activists are urging big brands to eradicate traces of human rights abuse in Xinjiang from their supply chains
4 years, 5 months ago

Activists are urging big brands to eradicate traces of human rights abuse in Xinjiang from their supply chains

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — Global businesses are facing mounting pressure from activist groups and the US government to reexamine and cut any ties they might have to China’s Xinjiang region, where allegations of human rights violations have run rampant for years. That came after Washington, DC warned American companies of the risks of doing business with Chinese companies that …

US report finds widespread forced Uighur labor in China
4 years, 9 months ago

US report finds widespread forced Uighur labor in China

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers pushed Wednesday for a ban on imports from a vast area of northwestern China because of the widespread use of forced labor in a region where the communist government has detained more than a million people in a campaign against ethnic minorities. The U.S. already bans imports made with forced labor, but a bipartisan group of …

Your Apple phone, Adidas shoes and Sony TV may have been made in China by forced Uighur labor
4 years, 10 months ago

Your Apple phone, Adidas shoes and Sony TV may have been made in China by forced Uighur labor

LA Times  

A facility believed to be a reeducation camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained in Artux, in China’s western Xinjiang region, in June 2019. The ad was included in a report released this week by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, or ASPI, which advises the Australian government, alleging that Muslim-minority Uighurs have been sent from “reeducation” camps in China’s …

Apple, Samsung and Sony among 83 global brands using Uighur Muslim 'forced labour' in factories, report finds
4 years, 10 months ago

Apple, Samsung and Sony among 83 global brands using Uighur Muslim 'forced labour' in factories, report finds

The Independent  

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Inside China’s push to turn Xinjiang's Muslim minorities into an army of workers
5 years ago

Inside China’s push to turn Xinjiang's Muslim minorities into an army of workers

Firstpost  

Xinjiang’s drive to put minorities in jobs often feels less like a job fair and more like a military call-up. “Make people who are hard to employ renounce their selfish ideas,” the labour bureau of Qapqal, a county in the western region of Xinjiang, said in the directive last year. “Transmit the pressure down, level by level.” The labour programs …

China races to destroy records after leaks reveal information on Uighur Muslim detention camps
5 years ago

China races to destroy records after leaks reveal information on Uighur Muslim detention camps

The Independent  

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Uighur activists say China running hundreds more camps
5 years, 1 month ago

Uighur activists say China running hundreds more camps

Al Jazeera  

A group said it assessed images from Google Earth and found 182 suspected ‘concentration camps’. Uighur activists said they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain the ethnic group, alleging China could be holding far more than the commonly cited figure of one million people. The East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, a Washington-based group that …

US blacklists dozens of Chinese tech companies and agencies over ‘brutal oppression’ of Uighurs
5 years, 3 months ago

US blacklists dozens of Chinese tech companies and agencies over ‘brutal oppression’ of Uighurs

The Independent  

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