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Police in the Xinjiang region of China rely on a master list of 50,000 multimedia files they deem 'violent and terrorist' to flag Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim residents for interrogation, Human ...
Police in Xinjiang have relied on a list of 50,000 multimedia files determined to be violent and terrorist to flag Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim residents fo
The data collected by the apps, known as Jing Wang Wei Shi and Feng Cai, and the master list examined by Human Rights Watch fits in with other Xinjiang surveillance systems, which Wang described as "multidimensional and multi-layered" and includes checkpoints and the Chinese government's collection of biometrics, RFA reported.
Chinese police database flags Quran readings as potentially harmful.
Human Rights Watch says Muslims in Xinjiang are flagged as violent extremists for simply practising their religion.