The international community has stood by long enough, it should take swifter and harsher measures to target the systems controlling the concentration camps. Diplomacy, sanctions and public admonitions havenвЂ™t worked вЂ“ if anything the persecution has accelerated. To stop ChinaвЂ™s human rights violations, itвЂ™s time to start hacking. Without these systems, the governmentвЂ™s ability to monitor, track and imprison its citizens would be severely compromised вЂ“ that means theyвЂ™re vulnerable. Chinese authorities rely on technology for the collection and analysis of vast amounts of data on civilians, from physical attributes, religion and political views to social and familial ties, marking out those who are deemed вЂsuspiciousвЂ™. There is a system of mass-surveillance, including facial and voice recognition, DNA collection, location tracking and much more. The Chinese government uses cutting-edge technology to suppress its people. And though these scenes could be straight out of the 1940s, this is a very modern genocide. This time, the government is Chinese and the people are Uighurs, Falun Gong, Kazakhs, Tibetans, political activists, Christians, and many more who are persecuted because of their religion, ethnicity or political views. This is not Nazi Germany and these people are not Jews. They will be subjected to torture and forced labour some will die. Rows of people branded вЂenemies of the stateвЂ™ by their Government, sit on the ground waiting to be led onto trains and taken to concentration camps. Western democracies should fight back with co-ordinated, covert cyber-attacks.

China's 'Great Firewall' is not impenetrable.

The concentration camps could be straight out of the 40s, but the technology China uses to suppress its people is cutting edge.

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