Uighur exploitation in China slammed as ‘modern day slavery’
The research was published by the US-based think-tank the Center for Global Policy and was reviewed by the BBC as well as German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 16, 2020 12:38:35 pm A reeducation camp for ethnic Uighur in Hotan, in China s Xinjiang province, Aug. 4, 2019. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
China’s treatment of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region came into the spotlight again after a new report found evidence indicating Uighur laborers are being forced to pick cotton by hand.
The research was published by the US-based think-tank the Center for Global Policy and was reviewed by the BBC as well as German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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The research was published by the US-based think-tank the Center for Global Policy and was reviewed by the BBC as well as German newspaper
Süddeutsche Zeitung.
An estimated 570,000 workers from three Uighur regions were mobilized to cotton picking operations in 2018, the report found, citing online government documents.
The transfers took place under the Chinese government s coercive labor training scheme that involves military-style management. It is impossible to define where coercion ends and where local consent may begin, wrote Adrian Zenz, the researcher who found the documents.
Major fashion brands, including Nike, Adidas, Gap and others have come under fire by rights groups for using cotton-sourced from China. The Xinjiang region produces over 20% of the world s cotton making it a major player in global textile supply chains.