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DNA collection from Chinese minority groups for biometrics research raises alarms
Jan. 8, 2024, 3:53 p.m. | Ayang Macdonald
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Information has emerged that the collection of DNA samples from over 200 Uyghurs and Kazakh people – a group of marginalized ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region of China – for a genetic sequencing technology research, was done without respect for ethical standards.
Radio Free Asia (RFA) quotes some witnesses as attesting that the concerned data subjects submitted their biometric data to the researchers under duress from the Chinese government. One of the witnesses, Qelbinur Sidiq, quoted by RFA said …
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