Read the guidelines. The topic scope is definitely not centered on, let alone restricted to "tinkering and product-building". In fact it explicitly says that it "includes more than hacking and startups." While the scope asks that politics be dialed down, this does not mean that stories should be suppressed just because they have an implicit political angle. My read of what it asks for is that new posts not be simply "politics for the sake politics", which I am wholly on board with.

As to the current post: I find it interesting, because (if its findings are valid) it is somewhat surprising (we knew that abuses were happening over there, but not to this extent); which raises questions of why we haven't heard about this yet; also interesting. Also simply because it relates to how that country is trying to develop itself, and the fact that is paradoxically quite archaic and quite modern; also interesting, and not even necessarily political.

We're also getting to hear from people who are from or who have lived in the region (or the countries supplying its labor pool); also interesting, and not intrinsically political.

If you don't like the political tangents, that's what the [-] element is for.