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[-] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

A good occasion to remember that a lot of major US companies use slave labor at home, and the government does nothing about it.

This isn't about human right, it's just economic warfare.

[-] daftantimony@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

"We do not tolerate companies that use forced labor, that abuse the human rights of individuals in order to make a profit," Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement.

Oh cool, that must mean they'll also put an end to for-profit prisons!

[-] Blursty@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

The State Department later on Tuesday updated its business advisory on the Xingjiang supply chain to call attention to China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and the evidence of widespread use of forced labor there.”

Did they change their minds about this?

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

The country with legal slavery is acting on rumours that foreign countries aren't enforcing their own laws well enough? Feels like there's some ulterior motif, hard to put my finger on what though.

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

If they want to stop incentivizing the use of forced labor, they have $11Bn of it domestically that they protect and expand every year.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Is this the same genocide that's not recognized by any Muslim country?

[-] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Money > standing up for random people who are being mistreated in a country far away from you.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, because that usually leads to unanimous decisions in countries that are literally founded on the basis of preserving Islam.

[-] autotldr 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies on Tuesday as part of an effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of Uyghur minorities from the U.S. supply chain.

"We do not tolerate companies that use forced labor, that abuse the human rights of individuals in order to make a profit," Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement.

The three companies were designated for working with the government of Xinjiang to recruit and transport, harbor or use the forced labor of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of the region, the United States said.

U.S. officials believe Chinese authorities have established labor camps for Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in China's western Xinjiang region.

The State Department later on Tuesday updated its business advisory on the Xingjiang supply chain to call attention to China's "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and the evidence of widespread use of forced labor there."

It stressed the urgency for businesses to take due diligence measures, including identifying, assessing and acting on forced labor and human rights risks for workers.


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