{"id":882,"date":"2022-04-26T02:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uyghurmovement.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2022-04-26T02:39:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:39:20","slug":"chinese-made-cameras-implicated-in-spying-on-the-countrys-uyghur-community-and-banned-by-the-us-are-still-being-used-in-whitehall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uyghurmovement.com\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"Chinese-made cameras implicated in spying on the country&#8217;s Uyghur community and banned by the US are still being used in Whitehall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header bdrgr2\">\n<div class=\"news\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"supplements\" data-track-module=\"nav-supplements^supplements\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-track-selector=\".links a, .imgs a\" data-track-type=\"cl\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"weather-wrapper\" class=\"weather\" data-track-module=\"nav-weather^weather\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Kumail+Jaffer+For+The+Daily+Mail\" rel=\"nofollow\">KUMAIL JAFFER FOR THE DAILY MAIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Apr 26th 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Department of Health is still using 82 Chinese-made cameras implicated in spying on the country\u2019s Uyghur community \u2013 despite an impending\u00a0<a id=\"mol-b5860a30-c29c-11ec-b705-7d1bb183d351\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/nhs\/index.html\">NHS<\/a>\u00a0ban on goods made in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last week, Health Secretary\u00a0<a id=\"mol-b5798710-c29c-11ec-b705-7d1bb183d351\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/sajid-javid\/index.html\">Sajid Javid<\/a>\u00a0reportedly ordered officials to stop buying cameras made by Hikvision \u2013 a company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And a government amendment to the Health and Care Bill tabled on Thursday will stop future NHS procurement of any health goods from regions linked to slave labour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6a2731f21c958463\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/23\/01\/56946179-0-image-a-36_1650672492752.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance cameras built in China have been used to oppress Uyghur minorities in camps\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Surveillance cameras built in China have been used to oppress Uyghur minorities in camps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the amendment is not targeted at a specific country or company, the language used reflects ministers\u2019 concerns over alleged abuses in Xinjiang in China \u2013 a major hub for global supply chains.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mol-3bee4aa0-c299-11ec-a906-bdab36979163\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10745221\/Chinese-cameras-implicated-spying-Uyghurs-banned-used-Whitehall.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">China &#8216;attempting to cut Uyghur population&#8217;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chinese labour programmes for Uyghurs in Xinjiang are designed to reduce the population of the minority group, a study accidentally published online states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The report, written by academics at Nankai University, was taken offline in mid-2020 after being published in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But an archived copy was discovered, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The report states moving Uyghurs to new jobs outside heartland Xinjiang &#8216;not only reduces the Uighur population density in Xinjiang, but also is an important method to influence, melt and assimilate Uighur minorities.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-swipe-article=\"false\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"socialContainer-1Yly1\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ministers have come under pressure to address accusations of forced labour in the region, while Hikvision cameras are also deemed a security risk by intelligence officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The company\u2019s products have already been blacklisted in the US because of their implication in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a written parliamentary answer this month junior minister Edward Argar revealed: \u2018There are 82 Hikvision products in use in the department.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A Department of Health spokesman said: \u2018We take the 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