New Zealand Ministry Excludes Hikvision Over Human Rights Abuses
A government ministry in New Zealand has publicly announced that it will "exclude" Hikvision from procurement over its involvement in human rights abuses.
The move comes after scrutiny of Hikvision's New Zealand presence, with local media finding the cameras being used by several New Zealand authorities.
The exclusion marks the first time a national government agency bans Hikvision based explicitly on human rights abuses with existing Hikvision bans in the US, UK, Australia, and Taiwan attributed to national security.
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