'It’s often easier to simply complain about human rights abuses than to take action against them.'
Glasgow council is being urged to avoid buying solar panels which use materials made under forced labour by Uyghur Muslims in China.
READ MORE: Castlemilk family 'heartbroken' as Barry McCullagh's body found in river after 5-month search It would also call for engagement with partners, including the Stop Uyghur Genocide campaign, on an improvement plan and talks with suppliers over their supply chains. China has been been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against Uyghurs, a Turkic, majority Muslim people, in northwest of the country.
Solar power is “an important strand of Glasgow’s work to tackle the climate emergency”, she added, but “without putting in place the appropriate safeguards there is a significant risk of purchasing solar panels from suppliers that are very likely to have forced labour in their supply chain”.
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