Think that through for a moment: leading research centres in the UK have a track record of working with a company complicit with genocide and their excuse is: we didn’t know, nothing to see here. But who can blame them –to the same CCP-linked DNA giant?
for any offence caused, but the incident is a glaring reminder of the compromises being made for business interests, even when they are intertwined with a human rights crisis.in Hong Kong – a law that led to the incarceration of lawmakers, human rights advocates and pro-democracy activists. It is still common to see the word “Hikvision” on cameras across the country, from our airports and train stations to hospital wards and school playgrounds. Each Hikvision camera in the UK grows the revenue and profits of a company that has been contracted in China to design, implement and directly operate surveillance across the concentration camps where Uyghurs are detained.
What more has to transpire before the UK and the wider international community replace short-term interests with a resolute and firm dedication to human rights? After the Holocaust, the world said “never again”. That sentiment has to be made real and it starts with challenging those, who for their own interests, are ignoring or denying genocide.