China transferred detained Uighurs to factories used by global brands – report

At least 80,000 Uighurs working under 'conditions that strongly suggest forced labour', says Australian Strategic Policy Institute

At least 80,000 Uighurs have been transferred from China's Xinjiang province, some of them directly from detention centres, to factories across China that make goods for dozens of global brands, according to a report from the Canberra-based Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

Using open-source public documents, satellite imagery, and media reports, the institute identified 27 factories in nine Chinese provinces that have used labourers transferred from re-education centres in Xinjiang since 2017 as part of a program known as "Xinjiang aid".