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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:22 PM Feb 2019

Chinese 'Muslim tracker' surveillance system monitoring movements of 2.5m people in Xinjiang

From the article:

A Chinese surveillance company has been tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in a region where authorities have waged a crackdown on Muslim minorities, a researcher has discovered.....

China’s crackdown on Islam in Xinjiang has involved the incarceration of millions of Muslims in re-education camps where inmates have allegedly been tortured, forced to consume pork and alcohol, and ordered to renounce their religion....

Outside analysts believe the western region may be a testing ground for techniques that could be creeping into other parts of the country.




To read more:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-uighur-muslim-crackdown-xinjiang-surveillance-tracking-sensenets-a8786076.html
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