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Although Ethiopias federal government has declared the end of
conventional war in Tigray, fighting continues. The humanitarian
crisis in Tigray and beyond is desperate. Wider political struggles
are continuing over the future of Ethiopia and the region. In this
webinar, panelists will situate the war within this wider
framework, by taking up the following questions:
How do we understand the war in the context of Ethiopias political and constitutional crisis?
Uighur repression ‘turbocharged by technology,’ confidential documents show
Researchers uncover new details on how apps and tech companies like Zapya, Huawei and Megvii contribute to China’s surveillance and mass internment program in Xinjiang. December 14, 2020
A new list of Uighur detainees believed to be leaked from Xinjiang suggests that China continues to use sophisticated data collection technology to identify and arbitrarily detain members of the Muslim minority, according to a recent report by Human Rights Watch.
The group obtained a list of 2,000 detainees in Xinjiangs’s Aksu prefecture who were flagged by the Integrated Joint Operations Platform, a policing program that aggregates data about people in the region from a variety of sources, and flags those it deems to be a potential threat.
China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
Top officials deliberated how to respond to the leaks in meetings at the Chinese Communist Party’s regional headquarters in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, some of the people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of retribution against themselves, family members and the government workers.
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[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of people wearing masks during a rally to show support for Uighurs in Hong Kong (Photo Credits: AP)
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-level meetings in response to leaks of classified papers on its mass detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, according to four people in contact with government employees there.
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Huawei s role in developing surveillance products including Uyghur alarm , sparks international outcry ANI | Updated: Dec 13, 2020 09:35 IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): The revelation this week of Huawei s role in testing artificial intelligence surveillance technology, which includes a face-scanning camera system that can send an Uyghur alarm to police after detecting a member of the group, has sparked an international outcry against one of China s most valuable tech companies.
Washington Post reported that despite the company s claims that it is committed to human rights at the highest level, Huawei has worked with dozens of security contractors to develop surveillance products, some of which are said to be able to identify a person s ethnicity and help suppress potential protests, according to company marketing documents.