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Jul 20 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING: Hikvision sells an interrogation solution for Chinese prisons which records interrogation sessions and automatically prints transcripts for detainees shackled in metal 'tiger chairs' to sign on the spot ipvm.com/reports/hikvis… via @ipvideo
the device also monitors detainees' vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, etc) while alarming if any "vigorous movements" are detected
In the PRC legal system, detainees have no right to a lawyer during questioning and forced confessions remain a major problem. Tiger chairs have also been described as innately "painful" and are sometimes used for torture, per rights groups.
Here are more pictures of Hikvision's custom interrogation solution. It even comes with its own software program, iVMS-8400 - the Interrogation Monitoring Management System (讯问监控管理系统).
This not the only interrogation solution from Chinese #videosurveillance manufacturers. Tiandy, one of the world's biggest security camera makers, sells a "Smart Interrogation Table" which "greatly improves the efficiency of interrogation".
ipvm.com/reports/tiandy…
Note that Hikvision sells these interrogation solutions but doesn't list them as products on their official website (in Chinese or English). However they are currently available within the PRC from official Hikvision partners/dealers

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NEW: Hikvision is refusing to respond to pointed questions from the UK's Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (@BSCCommissioner) such as "whether your camera technology has in fact been used in the Uyghur internment camps" ipvm.com/reports/hik-uk… via @ipvideo
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new for @ipvideo: a law firm hired by Hikvision concluded it did not "knowingly or intentionally" abuse human rights in Xinjiang.

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