On February 18 2021 the House reintroduced the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act see press and bill in the 117 th Congress. There are credible complaints of forced labor of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities from Xinjiang supported by accounts from former detainees satellite imagery and.
Virtually Entire Fashion Industry Complicit In Uighur Forced Labour Say Rights Groups Uyghurs The Guardian
The Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region.
Uyghur forced labor. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Apple supplier Lens Technology uses Uighur workers in its factories according to documents obtained by the Tech Transparency Project. The horrific prospect was first raised. 6210 from the 116 th.
House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act HR. Over the last few years the Chinese government allocated approximately 80000 Uyghurs to factories across the country where they work under conditions that strongly suggest forced labor. The XUAR produces around a fifth of the worlds cotton.
Download the Report This report is the fourth in a series that the CSIS Human Rights Initiative has produced identifying strategies for businesses governments nongovernmental organizations and multilateral organizations to coordinate and address forced labor linked to Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region XUAR. I am boycotting all of your products until concrete steps are taken including proof and documentation of said steps since I. In March 2020 the Australian Strategic Policy Institute ASPI published a report Uyghurs for sale.
A number of companies and brands have been linked to labor forced on Uighur Muslims by the Chinese government according to multiple reports. New Report on Uighur Forced Labor The latest report titled Uyghurs For Sale from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute reveals a vast network of companies complicit in the mass detention of Uighurs and other Turkic people. This bill imposes various restrictions related to Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region including by prohibiting certain imports from Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there.
A coalition of campaign groups has said that Apple must act on the possibility of Uyghur forced labor being used in the companys supply chain in China. On January 28 2021 Senators Rubio and Merkley re-introduced the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act see press and bill with 27 additional co-sponsorsThe bill includes important changes from the last Congress that addresses some of the concerns from the business community including. This bill imposes various restrictions related to Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region including by prohibiting certain imports from Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations there.
The forced labor of ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region XUAR as part of a broader pattern of severe human rights abuses is a significant and growing concern that demands the attention of governments and private-sector actors across the world. 6210 which when enacted would establish the legal presumption that any product arriving at US ports that was manufactured in or via the Uyghur Region was made using forced labor unless proven otherwise thereby barring its entry to the US. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
Uyghur Forced Labor Coercion on an Industrial Scale Exposed 03042021 Ruth Ingram A A- New documents prove that hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other Turkic workers are forcibly transferred to other provinces to tear apart their communities. Re-education forced labour and surveillance beyond Xinjiang which identified 83 foreign and Chinese companies as allegedly directly or indirectly benefiting from the use of Uyghur workers outside Xinjiang through potentially abusive labour transfer programs. Sponsored by Representatives James McGovern D-MA Chris Smith R-NJ Thomas R.
6210 which when enacted would establish the legal presumption that any product arriving at US ports that was manufactured in or via the Uyghur Region was made using forced labor unless proven otherwise thereby barring its entry to the US. Today 72 Uyghur rights groups are joined by over 100 civil society organisations and labour unions from around the world in calling on apparel brands and retailers to stop using forced labour in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Uyghur Region known to local people as East Turkistan and end their complicity in the Chinese. Adidas and Lacoste have pledged to cut forced Uyghur labor from their supply chains and I expect Nike to take concrete steps to cut forced labor from its supply chains.
We are a coalition of civil society organisations and trade unions united to end state-sponsored forced labour and other egregious human rights abuses against people from the Uyghur Region in China known to local people as East Turkistan. We are calling on leading brands and retailers to. ASPI stated that it had found 27 factories in 9 Chinese provinces that are using Uyghur labor transferred from Xinjiang since 2017.
House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act HR. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Suozzi D-NY Vicky Hartzler R-MO Tom Malinowski D-NJ Mike Gallagher R-WI and Jennifer Wexton D-VA the legislation updates HR.