At our most recent protest outside the #Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, we learned about the problem of forced labor in the #mining industry. East Turkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang) is a source of #titanium, #lithium, #beryllium, and #magnesium. Of particular concern is beryllium, for which East Turkistan is China's top source. For more information, read either of the following articles.
https://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/06/12/uyghur-china-forced-labor-critical-minerals-industry/
Der französische Sportartikelhersteller Decathlon steht in der Kritik. Einer Recherche des Investigativmediums "Disclose“ zufolge soll das Unternehmen indirekt vom Zwangsarbeitssystem der uigurischen Minderheit in China profitieren. Das Unternehmen hat auch zwei Filialen im Saarland.
RT by @bueti: Chairs support @IPAC initiative urging @BASF to leave the #XUAR because of reported complicity in serious rights abuses. Shareholders and the press must challenge the use of internal “audits” as a defense by XUAR-based companies, as they are used to cover-up instead of expose.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/CECCgov/status/1755662657485512949#m
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Uyghur Team of Adas Israel
Amnesty Duesseldorf
Reinhard Bütikofer