“This judgment sends a message to the #Uyghur victims that as long as UK companies pay market value for #slave labour #cotton, the UK government and courts will not intervene.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/world-uyghur-congress-loses-legal-challenge-against-uk-authorities #uyghurforcedlabor #china #uk #uyghurs

In the face of evidence that #Chinese cotton is picked mainly by #UyghurForcedLabor, many Western textile companies are turning to other supply sources. But sourcing “clean” cotton isn’t difficult, as efforts by #Swiss outdoor supply firm Mammut show.

#EndUyghurForcedLabor

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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-complicated-path-to-avoiding-cotton-from-xinjiang/48134540

The senate finance committee has opened an inquiry into whether auto makers including @tesla Inc. & General Motors are using parts made with #UyghurForcedLabor.
The committee asked the CEOs of 8 car manufacturers to provide detailed information on their supply chains.
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-gm-among-car-makers-facing-senate-inquiry-into-possible-links-to-uyghur-forced-labor-11671722563

The grave human rights abuses in #EastTurkistan, where #Uyghurs are subjected to internment & slavery, demand an international response.
The US response has been the #UyghurForcedLabor Prevention Act which stops consumers from being complicit in genocide.
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://t.co/bgNbqRuA6g

#China has scrubbed detailed data on monthly exports from #EastTurkistan after the U.S. slapped a ban on shipments over #UyghurForcedLabor concerns, in a move that researchers say will make it tougher to track trade from the region.
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-China-tensions/China-pares-back-Xinjiang-trade-data-after-U.S.-import-ban

If you're buying a car, electronics or clothing, from major household names, you could be buying products made by #Uyghur slaves.
"There was no part of the car we researched that was untainted by #UyghurForcedLabor” @LauraTMurphy.
By @jacobzinkula
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-brands-china-supply-chains-illegal-forced-labor-2022-12

#UyghurForcedLabor is "often driven by the need to increase the profitability of corporations at the expense of workers. These profits, enabled by corporate entities & authoritarian labor conditions, directly benefit #Chinese elites..."
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://www.thestand.org/2022/12/apala-condemns-forced-labor-in-chinas-uyghur-region/

The #UyghurForcedLabor Prevention Act, which @POTUS signed into law last year, essentially prevents the #US from importing products without documentation that proves they were not produced with #UyghurSlaveLabor.
#EndUyghurGenocide
By @Stephen_Perkins
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/12/13/fighting_climate_change_requires_holding_china_accountable_870037.html

➡️NEW REPORT by @LauraTMurphy @SheffieldHallamUniversity⬇️

The global auto industry remains heavily exposed to #UyghurForcedLabor for raw materials, components & other supplies, despite the implementation of the #UyghurForcedLaborPreventionAct.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/business/economy/global-car-supply-chains-xianjiang-forced-labor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#EastTurkistan is home to much of the solar industry’s silicon production & refining capacity. The #Chinese gov has repeatedly denied #UyghurForcedLabor allegations, labeling them as an attempt to undercut Chinese businesses.
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https://t.co/NNftTO8QQE

The global solar panel manufacturing industry has a Genocide problem.
➡️The world's biggest solar producers employ #UyghurForcedLabor.
➡️Breakthrough Institute reports #Uyghur workers extract & develop raw materials in tough conditions.
#UyghurGenocide
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https://www.businessinsider.com/forced-uyghur-labor-china-solar-panel-supply-chain-research-report-2022-11?amp

Report by Clean Energy Council, calls for more local renewable energy production & manufacturing & a “certificate of origin” scheme to counter slave labour concerns in mineral extraction & manufacturing in #China, Africa & South America.
#UyghurForcedLabor
#UyghurGenocide
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https://www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au/resources/resources-hub/addressing-modern-slavery-in-the-clean-energy-sector

In #EastTurkistan, the strict “Zero-Covid” policy is yet another layer of government control to add to the prospect of detention in "re-education" or #UyghurForcedLabor camps & ubiquitous surveillance of their lives.
#EndUyghurGenocide
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https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-covid-11232022130633.html

The US & #China have many trade disputes, but none perhaps as explosive as #UyghurForcedLabor. The #CCP, denies the charges, says it’s a rural job program, where in reality, those #Uyghurs have no choice but to participate or risk being detained in a camp.
#EndUyghurGenocide
#UyghurGenocide
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-china-and-us-disagree-on-forced-labor-in-xinjiang/2022/11/23/469f8b70-6b14-11ed-8619-0b92f0565592_story.html

Program Manager @arslanhidayat says the #Australian gov needs to do more to prevent products with #UyghurForcedLabor links, such as solar panels.
“There seems to be a battle between what's more important: climate change or human rights,"
"you have these heartless… companies… using the excuse of climate change as a loophole to try and get in their products."

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/slavery-links-and-quality-concerns-why-there-could-be-a-dark-side-to-your-solar-panels/kvha64h2n

Recent developments in the US & EU relating to the regulation of products deemed to have been made with #UyghurForcedLabor indicate a global shift towards enhanced & even mandatory supply chain disclosures, underpinned by human rights due diligence.
#EndUyghurGenocide
#EndUyghurSlavery
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https://www.corrs.com.au/insights/regulation-of-products-made-with-forced-labour-keeping-pace-with-global-developments

According to @hongkongwatchorg & @SHULawCrim, three major stock indices provided by index publisher @MSCI include at least 13 companies which have allegedly used #UyghurForcedLabor or have profited from China’s construction of internment camps in #EastTurkistan and its surveillance apparatus.
#EndUyghurGenocide
#UyghurGenocode
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https://www.ft.com/content/d57c1744-34c4-4283-b733-60d8a0f03249

A US attempt to ban imports of cotton linked to #UyghurForcedLabor contains a loophole large enough for a multibillion-dollar business to pass through: clothing from SHEIN, the #Chinese online retail giant and social-media phenomenon that ships fast-fashion apparel directly to consumers.
#EndUyghurGenocide
#UyghurGenocide
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-21/shein-s-cotton-clothes-tied-to-xinjiang-china-region-accused-of-forced-labor?leadSource=uverify%20wall

Attempts to defy a law (#UFLPA) meant to crack down on the use of #UyghurForcedLabor won’t succeed, ‘Robert Silvers’ (@DHS_Policy) said, adding that the government has cast a wide net as it seeks out offending goods.

#EndUyghurGenocide

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-official-warns-against-efforts-to-defy-forced-labor-crackdown-11668714008

Extensive evidence of #UyghurForcedLabor programs & numerous other crimes against humanity in #EastTurkistan has come to light, yet downstream solar photovoltaic companies remain hesitant to quickly & fully distance themselves from the low-cost suppliers.

#UyghurGenocide
#EndUyghurGenocide

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https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/sins-of-a-solar-empire