Amazon is using suppliers engaged in forced labor in China: Report

e-commerce giant heroine China has been found employing suppliers who are engaged in forced labor, a report by the Tech Transparency Project, a research group owned by a non-profit watchdog organization called the Campaign for Accountability, reports. The report, first reported by NBC News, states that Amazon continues to work with these suppliers, despite its ties to Uighur labor camps.

China’s Uighur Muslim population has, over the years, been the victim of numerous human rights abuses in China, including internment camps, mass sterilization, forced labor, and more. The TTP report said China uses “labour transfers” to transport Uighurs from the Xinjiang region to factories across the country, forcing them into labor programs that “often include coercion and mass detention and mass detention.” are connected to a network of re-education camps.”

The report points to five companies on Amazon’s supplier list that have been publicly accused of being “directly or indirectly” associated with forced labor. These suppliers, as the report notes, are responsible for making Amazon’s products in-house. Amazon Echo, fire tv stick, To light up, and a wide range of affordable products sold as part of the Amazon Basics line, and more. The report said that three suppliers – Luxshare Precision Industry, Acibel Polytech, and Lens Technology – have allegedly used forced labor themselves. On the other hand, Goertech and Hefei BOE Optoelectronics are indirectly involved and allegedly use suppliers that have been accused of using forced labor.