The USA has put two more Chinese companies on the ban list on the grounds that they are forcing minorities to work. Thus, a total of 24 companies were banned from entering the USA for using forced labor in Xinjiang.
The US Department of Homeland Security has banned Chinese battery maker Camel Group and Chenguang Biotechnology Group companies from entering the country on the grounds that they are forcing minorities, including Uyghur Turks, to work.
In a statement released by the US Department of Homeland Security, it was stated that as of today, Xinjiang-based Chenguang Biotechnology company in northwest China and Hubei-based Camel company were included in the list of companies to be blocked from entering the country.
Homeland Security Minister Alejandro Majorkas said the ban demonstrates “the Biden-Harris administration’s determination to hold organizations accountable for the appalling human rights abuses and forced labor they perpetrate. We will continue to work with our partners to keep goods from forced labor in Xinjiang out of U.S. trade.” ” used the phrases.
Thus, a total of 24 companies were banned from entering the USA for using forced labor in Xinjiang.
In recent years, China has been the target of criticism in the international public opinion due to allegations of systematic rights violations targeting the Uyghur Turks and other minority members in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, especially the USA.
In December 2021, the US Congress passed the law that prohibits the importation of goods produced by the forced labor of Uyghur Turks and other ethnic and religious minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to be imported into the United States.
Beijing administration spokesmen described the allegations of forced labor as “lies fabricated by anti-Chinese forces”; He argued that the human rights situation in the country was tried to be slandered untrue.