pursuant to Rule 144 of the Rules of Procedure. 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 China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). In March 2020, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published a report titled “Uyghurs For Sale”, which revealed a vast network of companies complicit in the use of Uyghur forced labor throughout China.The ASPI found that 27 factories across nine Chinese provinces used the labor of Uyghurs forcibly transferred from Chinese-occupied East Turkestan since 2017. A multilateral approach on Uighurs is nothing new for European states. Download the Brief The Issue 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. Officials have denied any commercial use of forced labour from Xinjiang, according to ASPI. China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labour in the vast cotton fields of its western region of Xinjiang, according to new research seen by the BBC. Products entering the United States, Europe, and other democracies On 10 December 2020, the Senate referred the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020 to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 12 May 2021.. Submissions close 5 February 2021. Given geopolitical realities and the existing political structure in Europe, coordinated action makes sense. MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION. We are supporting Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020, and Carolyn Kitto gave testimony to the Senate Inquiry on April 27. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act would require companies sending goods to the United States to scrutinize those supply chains, or perhaps abandon Chinese suppliers altogether. This bill imposes various restrictions related to China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region, including by prohibiting certain imports from Xinjiang and imposing sanctions on … The Washington Post found that Apple supplier Lens Technology uses Uighur workers in its factories, according to documents obtained by the Tech Transparency Project. It is feared that over 1 million Muslim Uyghurs are being held in facilities in Xinjiang, China, undergoing systematic forced labour for the supply chains of international brands. A number of companies have been linked to labor forced on Uighur Muslims by the Chinese government, according to multiple reports. At least 80,000 Uighurs working across … What is happening? Beyond the detention camps, there is now growing evidence that Uighurs are being forced to work in Chinese factories. This is the largest internment of an ethnic and religious group since World War II. Biden to push G7 on Uighur forced labour in China’s Xinjiang. September 22, 2020: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act H.R. On December 17, 2020, the European Parliament took its strongest stance against forced Uyghur labor in the Xinjiang region of China by adopting a bill titled European Parliament resolution of 17 December 2020 on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It … Under the cover of world tragedy, China is busy continuing it's regime of repression, exploitation and genocide. This of course has an ethical knock on effect for opponents of forced labour among the world’s largest suppliers of garments and other manufactured goods. on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (2020/2913(RSP))Engin Eroglu, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Olivier … Apple, Samsung and Sony among 83 global brands using Uighur Muslim 'forced labour' in factories, report finds. An alliance of NGOs has called for an investigation in France of four multinational clothing manufacturers, accusing them of profiting from forced labour of China's Uyghur minority. Below is an article published by South China Morning Post.Photo:Lau Ka-kuen.