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angles 1) Andrew Forrest’s Covid-19 test kits were from biotech firm BGI - 2 of BGI's subsidaries were sanctioned 'in connection with conducting genetic analyses used to further repression of Uyghurs & other Muslim minorities' https://twitter.com/DaniellesCave/status/1255468315159470081 https://twitter.com/DaniellesCave/status/1285365954096975872
Already covered by The Australian here: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/coronavirus-andrew-forrestlinked-china-firms-on-us-blacklist/news-story/d00f8c53c267e660b29348f90af2209d
2) KTK Group (rail transport) now sanctioned 'in connection w/ the practice of forced labor involving Uyghurs & other Muslim minority groups'. KTK is working on train projects across inc. with Vic Govt & 
state-owned CRRC + with QLD Rail & Bombardier http://www.ktk.net.au/projects/
inc. with Vic Govt & state-owned CRRC + with QLD Rail & Bombardier http://www.ktk.net.au/projects/
KTK came up in our Uyghurs for Sale report - our research led by @xu_xiuzhong found that in July 2019 41 Uyghur workers were transferred to KTK Group factories in Changzhou (page 31). Other KTK customers include Bombardier, Siemens, Hitachi, Alstom etc https://www.aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs-sale
Key Q: does some of the above activity - undertaken by businesses AND state governments - breach 's Modern Slavery Act as well as Commonwealth & State Procurement Rules & supplier codes? Certainly appears that some state govts are in breach of their own rules & codes of conduct
's Modern Slavery Act as well as Commonwealth & State Procurement Rules & supplier codes? Certainly appears that some state govts are in breach of their own rules & codes of conduct
i.e. https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/human-rights-and-anti-discrimination/human-rights-scrutiny/public-sector-guidance-sheets/right-freedom-slavery-and-forced-labour#which-domestic-laws-relate-to-the-right-to-freedom-from-slavery-and-forced-labour; https://www.buyingfor.vic.gov.au/supplier-code-conduct; https://www.nsw.gov.au/modern-slavery ; https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/marketing-sales/tendering/supply-queensland-government/supplier-code-conduct/code; https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00153
