Freedom United demands the seafood industry be held accountable
A coalition of NGOs led by Freedom United has called on seafood distributors and retailers to provide updates on their investigations into potential exposure of their supply chains to forced labor involving Uyghur and North Korean workers. We took this initiative in response to multiple reports by the Outlaw Ocean Project highlighting forced labor in the seafood industry.
United for transparency
In a letter sent to 13 companies, we demanded transparency and accountability regarding investigations companies pledged to undertake following alarming revelations about forced labor in their supply chains. In addition to Freedom United, it was endorsed by 17 other organizations, including the Transitional Justice Working Group, Human Trafficking Legal Center, The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Advocates for Public Interest Law, HanVoice, The Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, Corporate Accountability Lab, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, Humanity United Action, International Federation for Human Rights, Uyghur American Association, Anti-Slavery International, Uyghur Human Rights Project, Global Labor Justice, Investor Alliance for Human Rights, Campaign for Uyghurs, and Worker Rights Consortium.