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China says it has arrested 13,000 'terrorists' in Xinjiang
Source: The Guardian
China says it has arrested 13,000 'terrorists' in Xinjiang
Beijing launches propaganda campaign to counter abuse claims by human rights groups
Lily Kuo in Beijing
Mon 18 Mar 2019 11.10 GMT Last modified on Mon 18 Mar 2019 11.17 GMT
China claims it has arrested 13,000 “terrorists” in Xinjiang over the last five years, as it launched an aggressive propaganda campaign in defence of its restrictive measures in the far-western region.
Human rights advocates and researchers believe more than 1 million Muslim minorities, mostly Uighurs as well as Kazakhs and other groups, are being systematically imprisoned in internment camps where they are forced to undergo political re-education.
On Monday, China’s state council released a white paper on “the fight against terrorism and extremism” and “human rights protection in Xinjiang”, in which Beijing attempted to quantify the campaign.
“Since 2014, Xinjiang has destroyed 1,588 violent and terrorist gangs, arrested 12,995 terrorists, seized 2,052 explosive devices, punished 30,645 people for 4,858 illegal religious activities, and confiscated 345,229 copies of illegal religious material,” the report concludes.
Over the last few weeks, Chinese state media have released a steady stream of reports and slickly produced videos attempting to counter foreign media accounts of mass detentions, surveillance, and suppression of cultural and religious rights in the region.
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Beijing launches propaganda campaign to counter abuse claims by human rights groups
Lily Kuo in Beijing
Mon 18 Mar 2019 11.10 GMT Last modified on Mon 18 Mar 2019 11.17 GMT
China claims it has arrested 13,000 “terrorists” in Xinjiang over the last five years, as it launched an aggressive propaganda campaign in defence of its restrictive measures in the far-western region.
Human rights advocates and researchers believe more than 1 million Muslim minorities, mostly Uighurs as well as Kazakhs and other groups, are being systematically imprisoned in internment camps where they are forced to undergo political re-education.
On Monday, China’s state council released a white paper on “the fight against terrorism and extremism” and “human rights protection in Xinjiang”, in which Beijing attempted to quantify the campaign.
“Since 2014, Xinjiang has destroyed 1,588 violent and terrorist gangs, arrested 12,995 terrorists, seized 2,052 explosive devices, punished 30,645 people for 4,858 illegal religious activities, and confiscated 345,229 copies of illegal religious material,” the report concludes.
Over the last few weeks, Chinese state media have released a steady stream of reports and slickly produced videos attempting to counter foreign media accounts of mass detentions, surveillance, and suppression of cultural and religious rights in the region.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/18/china-says-it-has-arrested-13000-terrorists-in-xinjiang