Report: 3.36 million Tibetans affected by China’s forced labour drive since 2000, 650,000 in 2024 alone

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan23’26) – UN rights experts have on Jan 22 expressed deep concern stemming from allegations of forced labour affecting Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minority groups as well as Tibetans in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and across other parts of the People’s Republic of China. In the case of Tibetans, they have said the policy not only devastatingly affects their livelihood but also threatens their cultural identity and way of life.

Referring to a persistent pattern of alleged State-imposed forced labour involving ethnic minorities across multiple provinces in China, the experts have said, “In many cases, the coercive elements are so severe that they may amount to forcible t...

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