New UK Security Minister Calls For Hikvision, Dahua Ban
The newly-appointed Minister for Security, Tom Tugendhat, has called for the UK to stop buying video surveillance from providers who profit from Xinjiang such as Hikvision and Dahua.
The Minister for Security is one of the top posts at the Home Office, the UK's law enforcement and border control ministry. This substantially increases the likelihood of a national-level ban on the firm's products in the UK.
Momentum against Hikvision and Dahua has been increasing in the UK with 67 MPs calling for a total ban in July 2022. So far, only certain UK government departments and authorities have barred Hikvision purchases while Dahua has been unaffected.
Dahua claimed it "does not 'facilitate repression' anywhere" and noted Tugendhat "does not specify" which firms should be sanctioned, despite Tugendhat chairing a parliamentary committee that explicitly called for Dahua to be banned. Hikvision did not respond.
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