#BREAKING
#Chinese authorities are significantly increasing policing, including arbitrary collection of #DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the #Tibet Autonomous Region, reported @hrw. @hrw_chinese @KenRoth
The program’s stated goal is to improve healthcare delivery, but in #Xinjiang, the authorities used it to surreptitiously collect en masse the DNA of residents aged 12 to 65.
@WilliamYang120 @KyinzomDhongdue
A report from a #Tibetan township in #Qinghai province in December 2020 stated that #DNA was being collected from all boys aged 5 and above.
@WenzelMichalski @SenRubioPress
“Now the authorities are literally taking blood without consent to strengthen their surveillance capabilities” said @SophieHRW, #China director at Human Rights Watch.
@hrw @Sophiemcneill
These mass #DNA collection drives appear to be taking place in all seven prefectures or municipalities in the #TAR, which covers the western part of the #TibetanPlateau.
@NetTibet @SaveTibetOrg
In other areas of the region, residents were told similarly that the collection of DNA was needed for general crime detection.
@freetibetorg
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