Forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Reference RC-B9-0432/2020

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left39

101413238%

S&D145

13601899%

Greens/EFA73

The European Parliament adopted by 604 votes to 20, with 57 abstentions, a resolution on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.The text adopted in plenary had been tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.Parliament strongly condemned the government-led system of forced labour, particularly the exploitation of Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minorities and other Muslim groups in factories both within and outside internment camps in Xinjiang. It also condemned the transfer of forced labourers to other Chinese administrative divisions and the fact that well-known European brands and companies benefit from this labour…