(China) East Turkestan and Tibet: Political Persecution Now Worse than in the Last 10 Years
Source: UNPO / Tibet Post
In its 2015 World Report, Human Rights Watch claims that the political persecution across China in general, and particularly in Tibet and East Turkestan, is currently worse than it has been in the previous decade. With no signs of improvement, the Chinese authorities have continued to attack the most basic human rights. Harassment, intimidation, arbitrary detention and physical abuse are commonplace in the two autonomous regions.
Below is an article published in The Tibet Post:
"China remains an authoritarian state, one that systematically curbs fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion, when their exercise is perceived to threaten one-party rule," Human Rights Watch (HRW)said in its World Report 2015.
Under president Xi Jinping, China has unleashed the harshest campaign of politically motivated investigations, detentions, and sentencing in the past decade, marking a sharp turn toward intolerance of criticism, HRW stated. In the 656-page World Report 2015, its 25th edition, the rights group said it has reviewed human rights practices in more than 90 countries.
"Under President Xi, China is rapidly retreating from rights reforms and the Party's promise to 'govern the country according to law,"' Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch said, adding "Repression of critics is the worst in a decade, and there appears to be no end in sight."
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