US places Chinese language surveillance tech companies on financial blacklist over Uyghur abuse

America executive has blacklisted 28 Chinese language organizations for his or her alleged involvement in perpetrating systematic abuses towards the Uyghur Muslim minority.
The US government has blacklisted 28 Chinese organizations for their alleged involvement in perpetrating systematic abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority.Original article
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