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We sincerely urge everyone to sign this petition and join us in calling on the governments of the United States and Japan to investigate and regulate major technology companies that provide China with relevant technologies and products supporting its digital surveillance systems.

 

On September 9, 2025, the Associated Press published an in-depth investigative report exposing how multiple U.S. tech giants, including IBM, Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, NVIDIA, Oracle, Thermo Fisher, and Western Digital, have provided core technologies and products to the Chinese government. These include servers, chips, software, and algorithms. Such technologies and products are being used for the systematic surveillance and suppression of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders, and petitioners.

I am Yang Caiying, the eldest daughter of the Yang family mentioned in the report. My mother Xu Dongqing, sister Yang Li, and father Yang Guoliang have endured prolonged digital surveillance, denial of medical care, arbitrary detention, and torture by the Chinese government solely for peacefully exercising their lawful rights through petitioning. My critically ill mother and sister remain detained, their lives hanging in the balance.

In February 2023, while seeking medical treatment in Beijing, they were flagged, monitored, and suppressed by the digital surveillance system simply because they went to the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration to file a petition. Since then, every hospital visit or petitioning attempt has resulted in violent interception and harassment. Local officials told my mother, “Wherever you go, we see everything clearly.” They could even precisely describe her clothing and movements, starkly illustrating the frightening power of China’s surveillance system.

As the report revealed, this technology-driven repression not only severely violates my family’s fundamental human rights but also imprisons millions of Chinese citizens, including human rights defenders and ethnic minorities, within this “digital cage.”

On September 11, 2025, Reuters reported that the Chinese government exported this surveillance system to the Solomon Islands, and experts warned that it could seriously impact freedom and human rights in democratic countries.

In mid-September 2025, large amounts of internal documents from several Chinese technology companies were leaked, confirming that surveillance and internet censorship technologies were exported to multiple countries.

On January 19, 2023, The Asahi Shimbun reported, based on investigations by the Japan Uyghur Association and the human rights NGO Human Rights Now, that products from Chinese surveillance camera manufacturers included components from Japanese companies such as Sony and ROHM.

We believe that as global technology leaders, these companies bear moral and social responsibilities to ensure their technologies and products are not used to violate human rights and freedoms. Therefore, we issue this joint appeal urging the governments of the United States and Japan to take immediate action:

1, Immediately prohibit all technology companies from exporting software, hardware, and core technologies to Chinese security and surveillance agencies.

2, Hold accountable, through congressional investigations and legislation, any company knowingly providing technology for suppression.

3, Promote international cooperation by coordinating with the G7, the EU, and UN mechanisms to prevent surveillance technology from falling into the hands of authoritarian regimes and uphold global human rights.

 To defend freedom and human rights, we call on all individuals concerned with human rights and technological ethics to sign this petition, joining us in urging the governments of the United States and Japan to take action and curb all forms of assistance to digital repression.

 Additionally, we have launched a petition calling on the United Nations and the international community to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the Chinese government’s systematic persecution and transnational repression, demanding the immediate release of Xu Dongqing and Yang Li and ensuring they receive necessary medical care. We kindly ask for your support, please sign the petition and help us spread the word: 

Urgent Petition: Investigate China’s Systematic Persecution and Medical Deprivation

 

AP News investigative report published on September 9, 2025:

US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into how US tech companies enabled China’s digital police state

 

Reuters published a report on September 11, 2025:

China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability

 

 

Initiator:　 Yang Caiying（Daughter of Xu Dongqing and elder sister of Yang Li）

Release Date: 　September 10, 2025 JST