Reported by Free Tibet
Research conducted by Free Tibet and Big Brother Watch has found that at least 275 UK councils, in every part of the nation, are using CCTV cameras manufactured by Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned company that has been linked to human rights abuses against Tibetans and Uyghurs.
A series of Freedom of Information requests submitted by us and Big Brother Watch to every UK council resulted in hundreds admitting that they used Hikvision equipment despite its well-known links to oppression. This includes 19 of the 32 London boroughs and nearly every council in Scotland.
Only one council, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is the Chinese government’s preferred location for its new British embassy, explicitly rules out using Hikvision on human rights grounds. The borough is also considering a plan to rename streets around the new embassy in honour of victims of Chinese government oppression.
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