China, notorious for exploiting Uyghurs is now accused of forcing the community to manufacture PPE kits for the government, states a report from the New York Times. As per reports Chinese companies through a contentious government-sponsored programme is forcing them to produce personal protection equipment (PPE) both for domestic purpose and export.
As many as 71 companies are part of the programme. Although they claim the programme is an initiative for poverty reduction, the workers are forced to learn Mandarin and even pledge their loyalty to the Beijing government at weekly flag-raising ceremonies.
“There are these coercive quotas that cause people to be put into factory work when they don’t want to be,” Amy K. Lehr, the Director of the Human Rights Initiative at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, was quoted as saying. ” And the could be considered forced labour under international law.”
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