世维会 11 月 1 日周报：前副主席祖姆热提·阿肯参选加拿大联邦补选、加国强迫劳动政策简报呼吁强化禁令WUC weekly brief of November 1: former vice president Zumretay Arkin to contest Canadian federal by-election; Canada forced-labour policy brief urges stronger import ban

据 ANI 11 月 1 日转载的世维会周报，阿肯参选的消息是本期周报的首要内容。10 月 25 日，魁北克集团领袖布朗谢在蒙特利尔宣布，阿肯将作为该党候选人参选 Laurier–Sainte-Marie 选区的联邦补选。阿肯出生于乌鲁木齐，十岁时移居加拿大、在蒙特利尔长大，此后投身世维会工作。世维会称，她将成为首位竞选加拿大联邦公职的维吾尔女性；她在参选演说中强调保护魁北克文化与语言身份的重要性。世维会评价她的参选是维吾尔人在民主制度中代表性的重要里程碑，反映维吾尔人参与世界各地民主制度的程度正在提高。据世维会 10 月 26 日新闻稿（ANI 10 月 29 日转载），阿肯 2019 年加入世维会慕尼黑办公室，2021 年起领导妇女委员会，2024 年 10 月至 2026 年 10 月任副主席并主管国际事务，2024 年 4 月在荷兰获颁“四自由奖”。维吾尔人权倡导项目 10 月 26 日亦发表声明祝贺其获提名，称她的参选对加拿大维吾尔社群具有深远意义。[1][2][4]

关于补选本身的背景，据 Közet 10 月 27 日的日报综述（引述加拿大通讯社经《商务》转载）：Laurier–Sainte-Marie 选区因前自由党部长史蒂文·吉尔博（Steven Guilbeault）辞职而出缺，其辞呈于 8 月 31 日送达首席选举官；宣布提名时补选日期尚未确定。阿肯长期在国际场合主张维吾尔自决，她在提名时表示，正是这场斗争让她体会到“一个民族能够决定自己未来是多么珍贵”。本记录不预测补选结果，只记录提名这一公开事实与各方表态。[3]

周报介绍的第二项新内容是加拿大强迫劳动政策简报。10 月 29 日，反奴隶制国际与维吾尔人权倡导项目联合发布政策简报《强化加拿大应对强迫劳动：比较视角与电动汽车供应链中的维吾尔强迫劳动》。据 ANI 转述的周报内容，简报借鉴国际最佳实践，就强化加拿大拟议中的 C-35 法案提出建议——该法案旨在禁止强迫劳动产品进口；简报特别指出，包括电动汽车产业在内的全球供应链存在国家强迫维吾尔劳动的风险。两家机构呼吁：更严厉的进口限制、强制性人权尽责立法、有效执法机制、透明程序、更强的企业问责，同时强调保密举报渠道、有意义的利益相关方参与以及对受影响工人的补救。本记录核实的是简报发布与周报介绍这两个公开行为，简报对供应链风险的评估属发布方主张，C-35 法案本身仍处拟议阶段。[1]

核实说明与去重：本记录的核心事实——世维会 11 月 1 日周报的存在与四项内容、阿肯 10 月 25 日获提名参选 Laurier–Sainte-Marie 补选及其履历与“首位竞选联邦公职的维吾尔女性”表述、反奴隶制国际与 URAP 10 月 29 日政策简报的标题与建议要点——分别来自 ANI 通稿（经 Indian Economic Observer 等转载）、世维会 10 月 26 日新闻稿、URAP 10 月 26 日声明与 Közet 10 月 27 日综述；各方表态均已归属。去重交代：周报另两项内容本站此前已收录——呼吁施泰因迈尔访华期间提维吾尔人权（本站 10 月 29 日记录 wuc-urges-steinmeier-china-visit-uyghur-rights-2026），以及美国 10 月 28 日把华大基因、华大智造与深圳华大科技列入 UFLPA 实体清单（本站 10 月 29 日记录 us-uflpa-bgi-mgi-genomics-entity-list-2026），本记录不重复其内容。另需说明：截至本轮，尚未见公开报道说明施泰因迈尔 10 月 27 日至 31 日访华期间是否向中方提出了维吾尔议题，访华结果仍待跟进；瑞士总统帕默林 10 月 30 日访华并签署升级版自贸协定的公开报道中，亦未见人权议题的结果表述。本记录定性为持续核实，将继续跟进补选日期确定与 C-35 法案进展。[1][2][3][4]

According to the ANI-carried WUC weekly brief of November 1, Arkin's candidacy is the brief's leading item. On October 25, Bloc Québécois leader Blanchet announced in Montreal that Arkin would be the party's candidate in the federal by-election in the Laurier–Sainte-Marie riding. Born in Ürümqi, Arkin moved to Canada at the age of ten and grew up in Montreal before becoming active in the World Uyghur Congress. The WUC says she is set to become the first Uyghur woman to seek federal office in Canada; in her candidacy speech she emphasised the importance of protecting Quebec's cultural and linguistic identity. The WUC described her candidacy as an important milestone for Uyghur representation and a reflection of the growing participation of Uyghurs in democratic institutions worldwide. According to the WUC press release of October 26 (carried by ANI on October 29), Arkin joined the WUC's Munich office in 2019, led its women's committee from 2021, served as vice president from October 2024 to October 2026 overseeing international affairs, and received the Four Freedoms Award in the Netherlands in April 2024. The Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project likewise issued a statement on October 26 congratulating her on the nomination and saying her candidacy carries profound significance for the Uyghur community in Canada. [1][2][4]

On the by-election itself, Közet's daily roundup of October 27 (citing La Presse Canadienne via Les Affaires) reports that the Laurier–Sainte-Marie seat was vacated by former Liberal minister Steven Guilbeault, whose resignation reached the chief electoral officer on August 31, and that no by-election date had been set at the time of the nomination announcement. Arkin, who has argued for Uyghur self-determination at the United Nations, said the fight taught her 'how precious it is that a people can decide its own future'. This record does not predict the by-election outcome; it records the nomination as a public fact together with the parties' statements. [3]

The second new item in the brief is the Canada forced-labour policy brief. On October 29, Anti-Slavery International and the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project jointly published 'Strengthening Canada's Response to Forced Labour: Comparative Insights and Uyghur Forced Labour in the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain'. As carried in the WUC brief via ANI, the brief draws on international best practice and offers recommendations for strengthening Canada's proposed Bill C-35, which seeks to prohibit the importation of goods produced through forced labour; it particularly highlights the risks of state-imposed Uyghur forced labour within global supply chains, including the electric-vehicle industry. The two organisations called for stronger import restrictions, mandatory human rights due diligence legislation, effective enforcement mechanisms, transparent procedures and greater corporate accountability, and stressed the need for confidential reporting channels, meaningful stakeholder engagement and remedies for affected workers. What this record verifies is the publication of the brief and the brief's presentation in the WUC weekly brief; the brief's assessment of supply-chain risk remains the publishers' position, and Bill C-35 itself remains at the proposal stage. [1]

Verification note and deduplication: the core facts of this record — the existence and four items of the WUC weekly brief of November 1; Arkin's October 25 nomination for the Laurier–Sainte-Marie by-election, her biography and the 'first Uyghur woman to seek federal office in Canada' description; and the October 29 Anti-Slavery International/URAP policy brief's title and recommendations — come from ANI dispatches (carried by the Indian Economic Observer and others), the WUC press release of October 26, the URAP statement of October 26 and Közet's October 27 roundup, with all parties' statements attributed. Deduplication: the brief's other two items were already recorded by this site — the call for Steinmeier to raise Uyghur rights during his China visit (this site's October 29 record wuc-urges-steinmeier-china-visit-uyghur-rights-2026) and the United States' October 28 addition of BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and Shenzhen BGI Technology to the UFLPA Entity List (this site's October 29 record us-uflpa-bgi-mgi-genomics-entity-list-2026) — and their content is not repeated here. A further note: as of this round, no public reporting has been seen stating whether Steinmeier raised Uyghur issues with Chinese leaders during his October 27–31 visit, so the visit's outcome remains to be followed; likewise, public reporting on Swiss President Parmelin's October 30 visit to China and the upgraded free-trade agreement signed there contains no statement of a human rights outcome. This record is graded 'under ongoing verification' and will follow the setting of a by-election date and the progress of Bill C-35. [1][2][3][4]