AR SR34

Encourages the State of Arkansas to refrain from contracting with companies or entities that benefit from Uyghur forced labor in Xinjiang, China.

Cites documented genocide and persecution in Xinjiang including forced sterilization, forced birth control, forced abortion, forced marriage, and forced labor targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic majority-Muslim peoples.

References warnings from the U.S. Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, and Department of Homeland Security issued in July 2020 and July 2021 that American businesses face high risk of complicity and legal violations.

Identifies industries documented as linked to forced labor under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act including cotton, tomatoes, construction materials, automotive inputs, and polysilicon.

Notes widespread Arkansan support for this cause through the youth-led End the Uyghur Genocide project and the Southern Baptist National Convention's June 2021 condemnation of the genocide.