A new report reveals that a supplier of Apple employs forced labor in the manufacture of Electronic components. While Apple affirms that it takes care of its supply system to guarantee ethics in the elaboration of its products, this new report puts under the magnifying glass Lens Technology accusing him of employing forced labor Uyghur Muslim people in China.
This report derives from documents discovered by Tech Transparency Project and then shared by The Washington Post. These files detail the forced labor status of thousands of Uighur employees in the Muslim region of Xinjiang, China. Len Technology also supplies Amazon and Tesla, according to the latest annual reports.
In her report, the director of the Tech Transparency Project, Katie Paul, says: “Our research shows that Apple’s use of forced labor in its supply chain goes far beyond what the company has recognized.”
However, an Apple spokesperson reported that Lens Technology “He has not received any job transfers from Xinjian Uyghur workers”, He also assured that at the beginning of 2020 Apple “He made sure that none of his other suppliers are using Uighur labor transferred from Xinjian.”
Faced with this situation, the Chinese government affirms that forced labor in the Asian country is “non-existent”.
Xinjiang It is located in the western reaches of China, where it borders Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Muslim-majority countries. This city has faced brutal repression by the Chinese government, placing citizens in factories where they make everything from cotton, soft drinks to electronics.
According to groups of human rights who interviewed people who fled from that system, Uighur workers from Xinjiang they are transferred to other regions of China, many times, forced or coerced. China does not allow these human rights groups to enter the country to interview workers.
Despite the secrecy of China, Apple should focus on strengthening mechanisms to prevent forced labor in its supply chain, while the company contemplates other options such as moving its operations to India.
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