- Ismail Allison
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) banning two Chinese companies over their reported use of Uyghur slave labor.
Homeland Security blacklisted Chinese steel company Baowu Group Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and artificial sweetener business Changzhou Guanghui Food Ingredients Co., Ltd. under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.
SEE: DHS adds two Chinese companies to ban list for alleged Uyghur forced labor
“We welcome the banning of these companies and all others who seek to profit from the Chinese government’s enslavement and genocide of Muslim Uyghurs,” said CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell.
He noted that CAIR has previously welcomed the banning of Chinese companies using slave labor.
SEE: CAIR Welcomes US Ban on Imports from 5 Chinese Companies Over Uyghur Forced Labor
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com
