On the eve of the 73rd anniversary National Day in Communist China, a total of nine British human rights organizations, including Hongkongers in Britain, Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, and Stop Uyghur Genocide, wrote to the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The organizations urged the British government to pay heed to the threats…
UK Groups Jointly Urge Liz Truss to Hark Human Rights Concerns, Sanction CCP Officials and Publicly Stand Against CCP
October 2, 2022
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Using Chinese Surveillance Companies Akin to Handling ‘Digital Asbestos,’ UK Government Adviser Warns
June 16, 2022
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Allowing Chinese surveillance companies to operate in the UK is akin to installing “digital asbestos” that puts civil liberties at risk, warned the government’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Fraser Sampson, who is reviewing the country’s human rights and security issues. Sampson said on Tuesday that allowing China’s controversial CCTV makers and operators Hikvision and Dahua to…
UK Government Urged to Clarify Position on Buying Hikvision Surveillance Cameras
The UK’s central and local government ministers have been challenged to clarify their positions on buying surveillance cameras from a company partly owned by the Chinese regime, according to correspondence published on Monday. The Home Office’s independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson wrote to ministers last week about his concerns over Hikvision cameras following a…
Chinese Surveillance Cameras Used in 60 Percent of UK Public Bodies: Report
February 8, 2022
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China-made surveillance cameras dominate the British market, with over 60 percent of public bodies in the country currently using cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, a new report (pdf) has revealed. Through more than 4,500 Freedom of Information requests to government departments, police forces, universities, schools, and hospitals in the UK, civil liberties…
Blacklisted Chinese Surveillance Equipment Companies Secure Regional US Governments as Customers
May 28, 2021
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More than 300 different U.S. government organizations—among them city, county, and town governments, as well as school—have purchased cameras and surveillance systems from two blacklisted Chinese tech companies since August 2019, according to government contract data. The two companies are Hikvision and Dahua Technology, and their recent business deals with U.S. local governments were reviewed…
Senators Move to Close ‘Security Loophole’ on Chinese State-Backed Firms
May 25, 2021
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A bipartisan bill aims to bar Chinese state-linked firms from exploiting a “security loophole” to enter the U.S. market. The Secure Equipment Act of 2021 (pdf), introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), targets major Chinese telecom providers including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, and Dahua Technology…
Five Chinese Companies Pose Threat to US National Security: FCC
March 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting U.S. communications networks. The FCC said the companies included Huawei Technologies Co, ZTE Corp, Hytera Communications Corp, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co and Dahua Technology Co. A 2019 law requires…
Half London Councils Found Using Chinese Surveillance Tech Linked to Uyghur Abuses
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 UK…
Half of London Councils Found Using Chinese Surveillance Tech Linked to Uyghur Abuses
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 UK…
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