Tag: abuses

Was your fridge made with forced labour? These Canadian companies are importing goods from Chinese factories accused of serious human rights abuses

by  on  in foreign business

When the MSC Vega docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 12, among the thousands of shipping containers on board were more than 136 tonnes of cargo destined for The Brick, one of Canada’s largest furniture and appliance outlets.

The 31 containers in that shipment held fridges sold under The Brick’s Brada label and made by Changhong Meiling — a Chinese company on a U.S. sanctions list for allegedly using forced labour from China’s Uighur population.

It was one of nearly 400 shipments since 2018 from Chinese manufacturers accused of serious human rights violations to Canadian businesses, a joint investigation by the Toronto Star and Guelph Mercury Tribune has found.

Using international shipping records, the joint investigation tracked a range of these Chinese companies’ products flowing into Canada: kitchen appliances shipped to retailers such as Best Buy, Home Depot and Costco, as well as train and bus components

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British isles Govt announces business enterprise steps about Xinjiang human rights abuses

by  on  in foreign business

Today (12 January) the Overseas Secretary has declared a package deal of measures to help be certain that British organisations, irrespective of whether public or non-public sector, are not complicit in, nor profiting from, the human rights violations in Xinjiang.

Evidence of gross human rights violations together with extra-judicial detention and compelled labour has been developing, which includes evidence from the Chinese authorities’ personal govt paperwork. The Uk Governing administration has regularly identified as on China to close these practices, and uphold its nationwide laws and international obligations.

The steps are developed to ship a crystal clear sign to China that these violations are unacceptable.

The British isles Govt is saying a evaluation into which Uk merchandise can be exported to Xinjiang and the introduction of financial penalties for enterprises that do not comply with the Fashionable Slavery Act. Even more actions consist of expanding assistance for Uk general public

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