50 Lawmakers Demand Answers from AG Garland Over CCP-Linked Marijuana Farms

“In some cases, the grow operators were also engaged in human trafficking, forced labor, drug trafficking, and violent crime,” the lawmakers wrote. “These farms are most commonly in states with legal marijuana programs where illicit growers try to disguise their operations in communities where law-abiding Americans live and work.”

Interview: ‘You Have to Put People Over Profit’

We worked with someone a few months ago, whose family helped start the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and he had a factory in East Turkestan and went to go visit it a few years ago. When he saw what was happening, he said to himself, ‘I can’t ethically do that,’ and he closed his factory and reopened one in Mexico.

Hair Product Industry Linked to Uyghur Forced Labor Booming in Xinjiang’s Lop County

Gulchehre Hoja  | Radio Free Asia The U.S. recently sanctioned a hair products company based in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) for its links to forced labor, but a closer investigation by RFA’s Uyghur Service shows that several firms in the area operate similar business models and are likely linked to internment camps. On […]

Fashion: Sold in the US, Made With Forced Labor in China

VISION TIMES Recently, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) caught hold of apparel from China they suspect was sourced from Xinjiang’s prison labor force. Though the CBP did not reveal which American companies were importing such items, an investigation by the Associated Press tracked the products to enterprises like Costco. Forced labor The supplier […]

For Xinjiang’s Uyghurs, ‘Hashar’ by Any Other Name Still Means Forced Labor

Uyghur Service  |  Radio Free Asia While Chinese officials in the Xinjiang region insist that they no longer compel Uyghurs to supply free labor for public works projects, in reality they have only changed the name of the practice, RFA’s Uyghur Service has learned. “The hashar is abolished, and the farmers are being informed about […]

Chinese Provincial Chief, Implicated in Brutal Persecution, is Purged

Frank Fang  |  Epoch Times Nie Dangguan, a provincial political heavyweight in southern China, has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from public office, according to an April 5 notice on the website of the Party’s internal investigative agency. The public charges against Nie are typical: embezzling state funds, illegally enriching his compadres, […]

Ex-Head of Chinese Prison Now Faces Wrath of Communist Party

Frank Fang  |  Epoch Times The deputy head of a provincial public security department has been arrested for bribery and abuse of power in China. Xiu Hui is now in the custody of the system he sat atop for many years where he dished out torture and severe punishment to persecuted groups. The majority of Xiu’s […]

Authorities ‘Ensure Stability’ Through Forced Labor For Uyghurs in Xinjiang Township

<!–[CDATA[Shohret Hoshur  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region have ordered ethnic minority Uyghur farmers in Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu) prefecture to take part in a forced labor scheme to “better ensure social stability” in the area, according to residents and officials. Farmers in Aykol township in Aksu city—the site of […]