Member

Labour transfers are deployed in the Uighur region within an environment of unprecedented fear and coercion. Refusal to participate in any government programmes, such as labour transfers, for reasons perceived to be religious in any way is viewed as equivalent to aligning oneself with the three evils of separatism, terrorism, and religious extremism. Thus, anyone who refuses to work or attempts to walk away from their job risks internment or imprisonment. Therefore, the programmes are tantamount to the forcible transfer of populations, forced labour, human trafficking and enslavement by international definitions and protocols. I place on record here my gratitude to the Helena Kennedy Centre at Sheffield Hallam for its excellent brief on this point.