Questions have been raised over the use of CCTV surveillance systems linked with human rights abuses to China in the capital.
Officials at the City of Edinburgh Council say they are committed to eradicating CCTV cameras purchased from a widely criticised company, HikVision. But the local authority admits that they are unaware as to just how many thousands of the cameras are being used across the city.
A freedom of information request by the Scottish Liberal Democrats earlier this year showed that Edinburgh council was among 12 local authorities in Scotland to be using the technology. It has been widely reported that HikVision supplied between 300 to 400 of the detention centres holding Uighur Muslims against their will in Xinjiang China.
