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March 3, 2020

Report: 80,000+ Uyghur Muslims Forced into Factory Labor for Nike, Apple
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Tens of thousands of Uyghur Muslims in China have been forcibly taken
from prisons in Xinjiang province to work in factories that manufacture
products and parts for companies including Apple, Nike and Volkswagen.
That's according to a new report from the Australian Strategic Policy
Institute, which analyzed satellite imagery and public documents to
uncover the scheme known as "Xinjiang aid." Workers are forced to study
Mandarin and are subjected to ideological brainwashing. They are also
barred from observing their own religious and cultural practices. The
report says at least 80,000 Uyghurs have been forced to work in the
factories since 2017.


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