Amazon suppliers involved in forced labor in China
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Chinese authorities have pointed out that they are persecuting Uighurs, an ethnic minority, and forced labor by Uighurs at suppliers of major IT companies such as Apple is also a problem. Meanwhile, 'Suppliers that manufacture Amazon original brand products and devices include companies involved in forced labor of Uighurs,' said Tech Transparency , a non-profit organization that monitors the transparency of major IT companies. Project reports.
Amazon Suppliers Tied to Forced Labor in Xinjiang | Tech Transparency Project
https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/amazon-suppliers-tied-forced-labor-xinjiang
Amazon suppliers linked to forced labor in China, watchdog group says
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-suppliers-linked-forced-labor-china-watchdog-group-says-rcna16452
In China, it has been pointed out that Uighurs living in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been taken to internment camps for intense torture and thought education, and it is reported that some people are engaged in forced labor. .. Since there are many factories in China that undertake the manufacture of products and parts from major IT companies, there is growing concern in recent years that 'things manufactured by forced labor by Uighurs may be on the market.' ..
In fact, it has been pointed out that Uighurs are being forced to work at Apple's main supply chain, the Lens Technology factory, where they are forced to choose between camp sending and forced labor. There is also the possibility of Uighur forced labor at the factory of Goldwind , a wind turbine manufacturer affiliated with Apple. In May 2021, seven suppliers of parts to Apple were reportedly involved in Uighur forced labor.
Seven Apple partners found to be involved in 'Uighur forced labor'-GIGAZINE
A new report from the Tech Transparency Project points out that not only Apple but also Amazon suppliers are involved in Uighur forced labor. According to the Tech Transparency Project, Amazon's list of suppliers included five suppliers directly or indirectly involved in Uighur forced labor before it was updated in June 2021. matter.
Among the Amazon suppliers in question, those who are said to have directly forced Uighurs to work are Luxshare Precision Industry (Tachibana Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), AcBel Polytech (Kousei Technology), Lens Technology ( China Ai Science and Technology). Luxshare Precision Industry has reportedly accepted hundreds of 'Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Workers' between 2017 and 2020, and AcBel Polytech worked with Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region officials a few years ago. He made a video explaining that Uighur workers were dispatched to the company. Lens Technology, also known as Apple's leading supplier, reportedly worked thousands of Uighur workers, but when the matter came to light, it began to drive Uighurs out of the factory.
In addition, GoerTek (Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.) and Hefei BOE Optoelectronics (Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.), which were included in Amazon's supplier list, have factories that force Uighur people to work as suppliers. He is indirectly involved in forced labor. Two other subsidiaries of Esquel Group, a textile company sanctioned by the U.S. government in July 2020 for forced Uighur labor, will be on Amazon's supplier list until December 2021. It is also pointed out that it remained in.
NBC News in the United States, which reported the incident, asked Amazon for comment, but spokeswoman Erika Reynoso declined to mention the specifics, saying, 'Amazon is in all jurisdictions where it does business. We comply with laws and regulations and expect our suppliers to comply with our supply chain standards. We file allegations of human rights infringement, including those related to the use of forced labor or the export of labor. We take it seriously. Whenever we find or receive evidence of forced labor, we take action. '
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Darren Byler, author of Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City , which summarizes the political and economic aspects of the Chinese government's suppression of Uighurs, and a professor of international research at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Pointed out that Uighurs are sent in units of 50 to factories hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from their homes. In the dormitory where the workers live, Mandarin language and thought are educated, and it seems that they cannot take a vacation freely.
'They cannot make real choices about forced labor or life. All conditions are controlled and controlled. Their free time is under the control of the factory and also under the supervision of the state. It's not really their time, so this is a really coercive system, 'Byler claims.
Amazon works with more than 1,900 suppliers, surveying thousands of companies each year, including those with potential future partners, and contracts with companies that don't meet supply chain standards. It is said that it is avoiding or ending. However, the Tech Transparency Project said in a report, 'The findings question the involvement of the crackdown on ethnic minorities in Amazon and China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and whether they are properly reviewing their relationships with suppliers. It suggests that Amazon has failed to evaluate its suppliers.
Byler said it would be difficult to eliminate Uighur forced labor from the global supply chain, as the suppliers under investigation may also take steps to prevent forced labor from being exposed across intermediaries. indicate. Still, he argued that removing companies known to be involved in forced labor from the supply chain could raise the economic costs of the Chinese government and factories that force them and move them in the right direction.
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