NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Marius Balo, who tells his incredible story of being wrongfully imprisoned in China for eight years. Marius talks about the horrors he witnessed in the infamous Chinese forced labour system, working on products sold by big Western brands. He went over two years without seeing sunlight. Being wrongfully imprisoned…
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Liberals Pledge Revamp of Forced-Labour Bill, Possible Enforcement Rules Surprise MP
OTTAWA—The Trudeau government is revamping its approach to modern−day slavery, promising new legislation that caught off guard the Liberal MP who has been steering a bill on forced labour through Parliament. “There is a limited lifespan to this Parliament,” Toronto MP John McKay said in an interview. McKay has been stickhandling Bill S−211, which would…
Trade Minister Confronted on Lack of Forced Labour Products Intercepted at Borders
March 27, 2023
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As International Trade Minister Mary Ng testified before a Commons committee on March 27, Conservative MPs sought answers as to why Canada has been unable to intercept a single shipment of goods made with forced labour. MP Kyle Seeback pressed Ng on the issue during the meeting of the Standing Committee on International Trade, after…
UN Committee Urges China to Dismantle Forced Labor Systems
GENEVA—A U.N. committee said on Monday it was concerned about the Chinese communist regime’s treatment of its Muslim minority, including the use of forced labor against Uyghurs, in a sweeping report that adds pressure on Beijing to improve its human rights record. The findings by the group of U.N.-appointed independent experts follow a series of…
Canadian Pension Plan Could Be Fuelling China’s Human Rights Abuse: Report
Canadians may be passively funding human rights abuses in China, as a new report alleged that at least three federal and six provincial pension funds are investing in 12 Chinese companies involved in forced labour and internment programs for Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Canadian pension holders are exposed to companies complicit in crimes against humanity through…
UN Expert Concludes ‘Forced Labor’ Has Taken Place in Xinjiang
BEIJING—It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labor of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week. The findings were “based on an independent assessment of available information”, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,…
Large Western Corporations Abetting China’s Human Rights Violations: Sen. Leo Housakos
June 6, 2022
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Large western corporations that are making money in China are contributing to democratic governments’ neglect of the communist regime’s continued human rights violations, Sen. Leo Housakos said on June 6. Housakos called on the Liberal government to ban imports of goods made with forced labour by Uyghur Muslims in China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang. He…
Federal Body Asked to Investigate Canadian Companies’ Alleged Use of Uyghur Forced Labour
A coalition of human rights organizations is asking a federal body to investigate several Canadian companies for allegedly sourcing products created by forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region. In a letter submitted to the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) on April 10, the coalition, which consists of 28 groups, alleges that the Canadian companies—many of which…
Most Australian Solar Farms Exposed to China’s Slave Labour Supply Chains
April 6, 2022
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At least six in every 10 of Australia’s largest solar farms have sourced solar panels from supply chains vulnerable to China’s Uyghur forced labour programmes. The United States, Australia, and other western countries have condemned the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its human rights abuses against more than a million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, including its…
Can’t ‘Turn a Blind Eye’ to Human Rights Abuses in China: Australian Defence Minister
December 9, 2021
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Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has backed the federal government’s decision to join allies in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, saying Australia wants the Chinese regime to adhere to “basic human rights.” But not all senior politicians agree with the move. “I just don’t think people can turn a blind eye…
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