London, Aug. 7 -- Leading human rights organisations, including Anti-Slavery International, Campaign for Uyghurs, Global Legal Action Network, Stop Uyghur Genocide, Unseen, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), and the World Uyghur Congress, have submitted written evidence to the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, urging the UK to end its reliance on critical minerals sourced from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur Region), where widespread state-imposed forced labour continues to underpin industrial production.

According to the submission, reviewed and cited extensively by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), the UK's efforts to diversify supply chains for critical minerals, vital to the green energy transiti...