We conducted a teardown investigation of surveillance cameras manufactured by Hikvision (Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.), a major Chinese surveillance camera manufacturer targeted by the United States for its involvement in mass surveillance, which is part of the severe human rights violations against Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkestan (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). As a result, we confirm that several Japanese companies supplied components to the cameras.

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