New Laws and Guidelines From E.U. and ILO Target Forced Labor With Eye on Xinjiang

April 26, 2024 | China Digital Times | Posted by Arthur Kaufman

Beyond forced labor, hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and others in Xinjiang targeted by state repression have received lengthy prison sentences. The Uyghur Human Rights Project released a new analysis to quantify this phenomenon and found that one in 26 Uyghurs and other non-Han citizens are imprisoned in Xinjiang, a rate of 3,814 people per 100,000 and “just over 47 times the rate of Han people. This figure excludes “re-education” camps and pre-trial detention.

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