The Chinese province of Henan is building a surveillance system with face-scanning technology that can detect journalists and other people of interest, surveillance analysts IPVM reports. Chinese firm Neusoft, backed by Huawei cloud services, has won a tender to build the system. It will operate like traffic lights and divide people into different categories: green, yellow, and red. Anyone labeled red would ring an alarm.
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Previously unpublished documents that link the crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang to the top Chinese leadership have been uploaded online, The Guardian reports.
Anwer Ablimit, a renowned Uyghur musician, used to work for an oil extraction unit in Karamay. His nephew in exile lost contact with him in 2017. In 2019 he heard that Ablimit had been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Chinese government. The nephew does not know his whereabouts.
The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States has officially changed its name to the Organization of Turkic States at the 8th Summit of the Turkic Council held in Istanbul last week.
According to Global Times, the name change is in line with Turkey’s geopolitical ambitions. Since the failed negotiations to join the EU, Ankara has started building diplomatic connections elsewhere, namely in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has placed a hold on the nomination of Nicholas Burns, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the U.S. ambassador to China.
OPINION: Why did President Biden omit any mention of Uyghurs from his telephone call with Leader Xi Jinping on November 15th? Biden only referred to human rights in general but avoided any mention of Uyghurs or Tibetans.
Hu Binchen, a Chinese official, has applied for a top position at Interpol. His candidacy sounds an alarm that China could again abuse the international organization to haunt its critics, including members of the Uyghur community in exile.
A recent visitor to ‘Xinjiang’ (Uyghurland) has posted a 20-minute video of several detention facilities on YouTube, Nathan Ruser reports on Twitter. The visitor shows footage of eighteen different detention locations and one former facility.
Ms. Emma Reilly, a fired UN whistleblower, was recently interviewed by Maajid Nawaz on his UK-based LBC talk show.
East Turkistan government in exile and the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement have filed the third attempt at International Criminal Court. The new evidence meets the ICC’s requirements as it includes insider witness testimonies from Uyghurs.