Moves in Mexico to Stop Chinese Forced Labor Imports (Why not the USA?)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/15167/

Parliamentary forum calls to stop imports of products produced in Chinese forced labor camps
By Roberto Serrano
Epoch Times Staff

Apr 11, 2009

MEXICO CITY—Politicians, NGOs, and human rights lawyers held a high-profile forum denouncing the Chinese regime’s use of forced labor in their export industry in the Chamber of Deputies on March 29. The forum was a full house, and met with opinion articles in the mainstream press. It pushed for a new piece of legislation banning import of products of Chinese forced labor camps.

The forum, entitled “The situation of human rights in China” attracted around 500 audience members, filling the Chamber.

The event was organized by the Mexican chapter of the international group, Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG), represented by Gerardo de la Concha. It is estimated that a large proportion of the prisoners of forced labor camps in China are Falun Gong practitioners, who have been detained illegally since the persecution of the practice began in 1999.

On the panel were representatives from The Commission of Human Rights of the Federal District (CDHDF), political commentators, and victims of forced labor camps in China.

The social democrat Armando Garcia Mendez, one of the organizers of the event, hoped to soon have an initiative ready prohibiting the import of products from forced labor camps in China.

Charles Lee, a victim who gave his testimony, explained how he was detained for three years in a forced labor camp in China, despite being a United States citizen. People with infectious diseases would prepare the food and sweets for export, he said.


FULL story at link.

[Deja Q]

1. Why not the USA? Because protectionism is wrong.

:shrug: :silly:

Oh, bit :thumbsup: to the Mexican government for taking measures for humanitarian reasons.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. Because that would be ZOMGZ PROTECTIONIZM!!1!

It would hinder the ability of already obscenely wealthy people to rake in even huger profits uh I mean progress toward global prosperity.