US company to stop selling China equipment to build Uighur DNA database

Thermo Fisher says it must recognise ‘the importance’ of how its surveillance technology is used

An American biotechnology company has announced it will stop selling to China equipment used to create a DNA database of the country’s Uighur minority.

Thermo Fisher issued a statement on Thursday following a report in the New York Times which noted the “help of American expertise” in China’s campaign of surveillance.

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