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EXCLUSIVE-Half London councils found using Chinese surveillance tech linked to Uighur abuses Reuters 2/18/2021 More than half of London councils own Chinese surveillance cameras and hardware Key suppliers Hikvision and Dahua linked to abuses of Uighurs in Xinjiang region Privacy advocates worry the systems could target vulnerable communities By Avi Asher-Schapiro Feb 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least half of London s boroughs have bought and deployed China-made surveillance systems linked to the abuse of Uighurs, according to data exclusively given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, raising alarm among privacy advocates and lawmakers. Freedom of information requests filed in late 2020 with all 32 London councils and the next 20 largest UK city councils found about two-thirds owned technology made by two Chinese companies accused of links to the repression of Uighurs. ....
10 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least half of London’s boroughs have bought and deployed China-made surveillance systems linked to the abuse of Uighurs, according to data exclusively given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, raising alarm among privacy advocates and lawmakers. Freedom of information requests filed in late 2020 with all 32 London councils and the next 20 largest UK city councils found about two-thirds owned technology made by two Chinese companies accused of links to the repression of Uighurs. At least 28 councils owned technology made by Hikvision, the world’s largest purveyor of video surveillance systems and vendor to Xinjiang police agencies, revealed data obtained by digital rights researcher Samuel Woodhams and seen exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. ....
Feb 18, 2021 At least half of London’s boroughs have bought and deployed China-made surveillance systems linked to the abuse of Uyghurs, according to data exclusively given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, raising alarm among privacy advocates and lawmakers. Freedom of information requests filed in late 2020 with all 32 London councils and the next 20 largest U.K. city councils found about two-thirds owned technology made by two Chinese companies accused of links to the repression of Uyghurs. At least 28 councils owned technology made by Hikvision, the world’s largest purveyor of video surveillance systems and vendor to Xinjiang police agencies, revealed data obtained by digital rights researcher Samuel Woodhams and seen exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. ....
At least half of London boroughs are using Chinese surveillance systems made by firms linked to the abuse of Uighurs, data has revealed. Freedom of information requests filed late last year with all 32 councils in the capital, as well as 20 other major UK cities, found about two-thirds owned technology made by two Chinese companies accused of links to the repression of the minority group. The Beijing government has been accused of widespread abuse in the Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uighurs, including allegations of forced sterilisation, slave labour and mass internment. Members of the Uighur minority group have reportedly been made to pick cotton, leading to concerns British consumers could inadvertently be buying tainted goods. ....
Twitter blocks dehumanizing Chinese Embassy tweet claiming Uighur women are no longer baby-making machines Joshua ZitserJan 9, 2021, 17:48 IST A woman holds a placard during a London protest in support of Uighur people over ongoing human rights violations in China s Xinjiang autonomous region on October 08, 2020.Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images On Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in the US posted a tweet claiming that Uighur women were no longer baby-making machines because of the eradication of extremism. Twitter removed it on Saturday morning for violating rules against the dehumanization of a group of people, according to Ars Technica. The tweet was linked to an article, published by the Chinese Communist Party, that celebrated the decline in birth rates in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of northwestern China. ....