Dozens of Western Companies Connected with Slave Labor in the Uyghur Region

10 months ago

On June 11, Global Rights Compliance, an international human rights organization, published a comprehensive 77-page report revealing significant connections between Western corporations and China’s critical minerals sector in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (which its non-Han inhabitants prefer to call East Turkestan). This region is deeply linked to state-sanctioned slave labor practices.

This marks the first thorough attempt to map the links between leading Western corporations and forced labor within the critical minerals sector specific to the Uyghur Region. The minerals are essential for various high-tech and other industries, including electronics, aerospace, energy, and defense.

Over eighteen months, the research team conducted an in-depth analysis of supply chains for essential minerals such as titanium, lithium, beryllium, and magnesium. The investigation drew on various sources, including Chinese policy documents, governmental shipping records, academic publications, and investigative journalism.

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