Tag: china’s genocide on Xinjiang

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/17/hikvision-internal-review-xinjiang-contracts-uyghurs

CHINA’S GENOCIDE ON XINJIANG.BY HIKVISION, HUAWEI, ZHONGXING, TIKTOK, WEIBO, DJI

中国在新疆的种族灭绝。HIKVISION、华为、中兴、TIKTOK、微博、DJI

中国监控巨头喜视网一再否认有关该公司参与在中国西北部新疆维吾尔族侵犯人权的报道。

但该公司与该地区警察机构进行内部审查后发现，该公司至少从2020年起就知道，新疆的一些合同是个”问题”，因为这些合同包括针对整个维吾尔人的语言， 根据最近由技术贸易出版物IPVM获得并与Axios独家共享的私人公司会议记录。
重要原因: 中国政府正在新疆西北部地区进行一场种族灭绝和大规模拘留维吾尔族和其他少数民族的运动。

据报告，采购文件显示，新疆各地的公共场所和群众拘留设施都安装了Hikvision摄像机，Hikvision摄像机捕捉到了导致维吾尔人被拘留的画面。
Hikvision还广告称，该公司提供生物监控技术，可以追踪包括维吾尔族在内的少数民族，尽管该公司在2020年宣布其产品不再提供这种功能。
人权组织和美国和其他国家政府指责希克维思参与在新疆侵犯人权的行为，希克维思拒绝了这一指控。

Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision has repeatedly denied reports that the company is complicit in human rights abuses targeting Uyghurs in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.

• But new details from an internal review of its contracts with police agencies in the region reveal the company has known since at least 2020 that some of its Xinjiang contracts were a “problem” because they included language about targeting Uyghurs as a group, according to a recording of a recent private company meeting obtained by technology trade publication IPVM and exclusively shared with Axios.

Why it matters: The Chinese government is perpetrating an ongoing campaign of genocide and mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the country’s northwest region of Xinjiang.

• Procurement documents reportedly show that Hikvision cameras have been installed in public spaces across Xinjiang and in mass detention facilities, and Hikvision cameras have captured footage that has led to the detention of Uyghurs.
• Hikvision has also advertised that it offers biometric surveillance technology that can track ethnic minorities, including Uyghurs, though in 2020 the company stated its products no longer offer that capability.
• Human rights groups and the U.S. and other governments have accused Hikvision of participating in human rights abuses in Xinjiang — allegations the surveillance giant has rejected.