Senate passes forced labour amendment By ATC Campaigns Officer Harvey Purse In our July newsletter we updated you on progress of the inquiry into Senator Rex Patrick’s Bill to amend the Customs Act to address forced labour by Uyghurs. Our submission to the inquiry had...
UPDATE: Rex Patrick’s forced labour bill By ATC Campaigns Officer Harvey PurseEarlier this year, we gave a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into a bill banning goods produced by Uyghur forced labour and made the case that Tibetans should also be...
Submission: Inquiry into the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced by Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020 INTRODUCTION The Australia Tibet Council (ATC) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee...
Forced labour camps in Tibet What we know An explosive report has revealed that half a million Tibetan nomads and farmers have been forced into military style labour camps in Tibet. Here they are subjected to indoctrination and intrusive surveillance, under the mask...
