UN confirms Uyghur forced labor
By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United”
| August 21, 2022 News Digest |
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| Forced labor UN Rapporteur on slavery confirms Uyghur forced labor in China The UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, reported to the Human Rights Council last Tuesday that sufficient evidence points to forced labor in the Uyghur Region of China where over one million have been detained since 2017. This is the clearest statement on Uyghur forced labor from the United Nations to date. Read more… |
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| Forced marriage Child marriage: the future of girls under the Taliban One year on from the Taliban taking control in Afghanistan, many Afghan girls are being sold into marriages against their will. Widespread hunger and poverty across the country is forcing families to sell their daughters to get through the worsening financial crisis. Read more… |
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