News about Xinjiang

"International companies cannot responsibly operate in Xinjiang and should leave the western Chinese region due to forced labor concerns, a U.S. Labor Department official said on Tuesday." Companies must end their complicity in #UyghurForcedLabor. www.reuters.com/world/china/us-labor-official-calls-companies-exit-chinas-xinjiang-2024-04-30/

An estimated 1 in 26 #Uyghurs have been jailed, accounting for a third of China’s prison population. "The actual situation in #Xinjiang may even be worse, said UHRP senior researcher Ben Carrdus, who wrote the report." -@RadioFreeAsia www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imprisonment-rate-report-05022024144951.html

".@DHSgov plans to expand a list of entities that it says use #forcedlabor from #EastTurkistan, and is also increasing @CBP package inspection to root out violations of the #Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act." -@Clara_fHudson in @BLaw #genocide ow.ly/tRqg50RvZk3

"[The Uyghur Region]operates the largest system of state imposed forced labor in the world today,” said Dr. @adrianzenz, Director & Senior Fellow in China Studies at @VoCommunism, “affecting more than 2 million #Uyghurs & members of other ethnic groups.” www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/05/02/the-only-ethical-response-is-divestment-experts-tell-congress-auditing-for-slavery-in-chinese-factories-impossible/