Uyghur Human Rights Researcher Says Internment Surpassed by Labor Transfers
A research paper says that prison camps for Uyghurs were phased out in 2019, and now, labor transfers have become the main mechanism of forced labor, usually for rural people who were never imprisoned. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act tries to address labor transfers outside of Xinjiang by noting that they, too, are presumed to be forced labor, but the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force has identified few companies or facilities in Eastern China that have employed Muslim minority workers.
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The paper, published after peer review in Central Asian Survey, says that most of the labor transfers are within Xinjiang, not to the East. All goods made in Xinjiang are presumed to be made with forced labor under UFLPA.
The paper's author is Adrian Zenz, senior research fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.