Beijing, Jan 27 (NationPress) The Uyghur minority in China has been subjected to extreme restrictions due to the policies enacted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2014, following the initiation of mass arrest campaigns under the 'Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism'. This initiative has facilitated crimes against humanity, particularly targeting the Turkic Muslim community in Xinjiang, according to a report released on Tuesday.

The report references findings from various entities, including the Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic at Stanford Law School and Human Rights Watch, which underline extensive human rights violations against the Uyghurs.

As reported by ‘5 Pillars’, it is estimated that millions of Uyghurs and other Muslims have been imprisoned or confined in labor camps where they reportedly endure torture, forced labor, political indoctrination, and other severe human rights violations.

Additionally, a report from the London-based The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) disclosed that over a hundred global brands are associated with factories that exploit Uyghur and other minority workers in what the authorities term “forced labor” camps.

“Research by numerous scholars and human rights advocates suggests that the large-scale transfer of predominantly Muslim minority workers represents state-imposed forced labor, wherein targeted minorities are compelled to work in crucial industries under a police state-like environment,” it noted.

Recently, United Nations experts voiced significant concern over ongoing allegations of forced labor impacting Uyghur, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz minority groups, as well as Tibetans, within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and other areas of China.

“There exists a consistent pattern of alleged state-enforced forced labor involving ethnic minorities across several provinces in China. In many instances, the coercive factors are so extreme that they could amount to forcible transfer and/or enslavement, constituting a crime against humanity,” the experts stated.

According to these experts, forced labor in China is facilitated through the state-mandated ‘poverty alleviation through labor transfer’ program, which coerces Uyghurs and other minority group members into employment in Xinjiang and beyond.

They are reportedly subjected to systematic monitoring, surveillance, and exploitation, with no ability to decline or alter their work due to a pervasive fear of punishment and arbitrary detention.

The experts have indicated that Xinjiang’s five-year plan (2021 to 2025) anticipates 13.75 million labor transfers, while actual figures have reached unprecedented levels.

“These labor transfers are part of a governmental strategy to forcibly reshape the cultural identities of Uyghurs, other minorities, and Tibetans under the guise of poverty alleviation,” they cautioned.