Volkswagen Announces Factory Audit in Xinjiang

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Cars pass through the assembly line at the Xinjiang auto plant of Shanghai Volkswagen in Urumqi, northwest Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, August 29, 2013. © 2013 Imaginechina/AP Images A multinational firm announcing an audit of a small factory in a remote location isn’t usually headline news. But it was when Volkswagen’s chief executive, Oliver Blume, stated that the firm intends to pursue an “independent audit” of its plant in Xinjiang, the region of China where authorities have committed crimes against humanity, including forced labor, targeting Uyghur…

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