Human Rights Watch said that international car manufacturing companies are not doing enough to address forced labor in China's Xinjiang region.

Jim Wormington, a worker at the organization, said, "Car companies do not realize how much they are connected to forced labor in Xinjiang through aluminum supply chains."

The organization issued the report today, Thursday, focusing specifically on forced labor in the Chinese aluminum sector.

According to the organization, there is conclusive evidence that aluminum producers in Xinjiang are involved in Chinese government programs that force Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities to accept work in Xinjiang and other areas.

Wormington said, "Customers should know that their cars may contain materials linked to forced labor or other violations in Xinjiang."

Human Rights Watch pointed out that car companies such as General Motors, Tesla, BMW, Toyota, and Volkswagen have failed to reduce the risk of forced labor among Uyghurs in aluminum supply chains.

It is noted that human rights organizations have been talking for years about sending hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang to re-education camps against their will, in some cases they are tortured and forced into forced labor, and the Chinese government denies these allegations.