Forced labor and possible cases of “slavery” among China’s Muslim minorities, UN official says

Chinese authorities used forced labor on Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region, a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur said in a report in which he warned that the acts could constitute cases of “slavery.”

The Chinese government is accused of detaining more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, as well as organizing forced labor and sterilization.

The United States and MPs from other Western countries came to accuse China of committing “genocide” against these minorities, accusations Beijing denies.

A report released on Tuesday by Tomoya Obokata, Special Rapporteur on UN on modern slavery, notes that in China “Two systems commissioned by the state” are registered that deal with cases of forced labor, citing testimonies from NGOs, think tanks and victims.

One is a vocational training center that holds minorities and forces them to do internships, while the other seeks to reduce poverty by displacing the labor force by forcing agricultural workers to work in the “secondary or tertiary sector”.

“While these programs could create jobs for minorities and increase their income […] The Special Rapporteur believes that in many cases the work done by the affected communities was forced,” the report says.

He added that the nature and extent of power over workers, including excessive supervision and harsh living and working conditions, could “equate to slavery as a crime against humanity, which requires independent analysis.”

The report notes that a similar labor transfer system exists in Tibet. There’s a program […] This resulted in farmers, shepherds, and other rural laborers mostly doing low-skilled, low-paid jobs.

Special Rapporteurs are independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council UN but they do not speak on behalf of this organization.

“Lies and Disinformation”

Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ChinaWang Wenbing accused Obokat on Wednesday of “choosing to believe the lies and misinformation created by the United States.” […] and anti-China”.

While insisting on protecting the rights of minorities, Wang accused the Special Rapporteur UN “evil staining [el nombre de] China and act as a political tool for anti-war forces.China”.

According to the Chinese government, the vocational training centers it runs in Xinjiang are aimed at fighting extremism.

In May, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet made an unusual trip to China in which he visited Xinjiang.

The US and human rights organizations criticized Bachelet for the trip, accusing her of not being firm enough on Beijing.

The official is expected to release a report on the matter before leaving his post at the end of August.

(According to AFP)

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