The government of China is collecting DNA samples from hundreds of
thousands of Tibetans - and a US company, Thermo Fisher, is supplying the
equipment for this new surveillance horror.

Tell Thermo Fisher to stop profiting from the brutal repression of
Tibetans. Sign here:

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John,

The Chinese government is collecting DNA samples from hundreds of
thousands of Tibetans, including children as young as five, and a little
known American company is helping them!

A shocking report has detailed how Thermo Fisher is secretly supplying
hundreds of thousands dollars worth of DNA kits to the government of China
and Tibetan authorities - even though they have a track record of
appalling human rights abuses in Tibet.

This isn’t the first time Thermo Fisher has been caught red-handed. The
company was already forced to ditch a contract supplying DNA equipment to
police in the Uyghur region - where over a million Uyghurs are locked up
in prison camps or working in forced labor programs.

If we create a massive public outcry about Thermo Fisher’s complicity in
repressing Tibetan freedoms, we can shame them into dropping this deal
too.

[ [link removed] ]Click to help stop Tibet’s DNA surveillance horror show.

Experts are sounding the alarm over this new drive to collect Tibetans’
DNA because of fears it will make it even easier for authorities to
continue their campaign of torture and repression.

And US companies are already under serious pressure to show that their
business dealings are not aiding human rights abuses by the government of
China. Just over a year ago, US Congress passed strong laws preventing
imports made by forced labor from the Uyghur region.

If we put Thermo Fisher under the spotlight for profiting from the
surveillance and tracking of Tibetans, we can force the company to drop
this dodgy deal.

Our community has already taken on some of the world’s most powerful
companies, like Apple and Google, over their profiting from human rights
abuses.

Thanks to Ekō members, Google ditched its spy program, Dragonfly, and
Apple agreed to be more transparent about requests from the government of
China to remove apps from Apple’s Chinese App Store. If we can force Apple
and Google to change course, we can stop Thermo Fisher supplying DNA kits
to the Chinese government.

[ [link removed] ]Click to help stop Tibet’s DNA surveillance horror show.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Vicky and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Tibetan police bought Thermo Fisher DNA equipment, Chinese government
documents show
The Intercept. 13th September, 2022

[ [link removed] ]US companies must stop enabling mass DNA collection in Tibet
Washington Post. 19th March, 2023

 

 

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