Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims - Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression

Human Rights Watch

9 Dec

Written By Lina K

A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, Human Rights Watch said today. A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu prefecture provided to Human Rights Watch is further evidence of China’s use of technology in its repression of the Muslim population.

topic: IJOPtopic: Chen Quanguotopic: Chinese Responsestopic: Detentiontopic: Government Policytopic: Movement Restrictionstopic: Reeducationtopic: Religious Policytopic: Religious Repressiontopic: Surveillancetype: Reportkey reading: Surveillance

Lina K

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