{"id":4250,"date":"2018-10-23T14:22:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/23\/un-alarmed-reports-chinas-mass-detention-uighurs\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:22:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:22:55","slug":"un-alarmed-reports-chinas-mass-detention-uighurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/un-alarmed-reports-chinas-mass-detention-uighurs\/","title":{"rendered":"UN &#8216;alarmed&#8217; by reports of China&#8217;s mass detention of Uighurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">It comes after a UN committee heard reports that up to one million Muslim Uighurs in <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">western<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> Xinjiang region, were held in re-education camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-china-45173573\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">Beijing has denied the allegations<\/a>&nbsp;but admitted that some religious extremists were being held for re-education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China blames Islamist militants and separatists for unrest in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\" style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: initial;\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-22278037\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">In depth<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-22278037\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">: Tensions between Beijing and the Uighurs<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-42049550\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">Uighurs dig their way out of Thai jail<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">During a review earlier this month, members of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said credible reports suggested Beijing had &#8220;turned the Uighur autonomous region into something that resembles a massive internment camp&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China responded that Uighurs enjoyed full rights but Beijing made a rare admission that &#8220;those deceived by religious extremism&#8230; shall be assisted by resettlement and re-education&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p06jvzh2\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">BBC Newsnight: Is China brainwashing Uighurs?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Xinjiang has seen intermittent violence &#8211; followed by crackdowns &#8211; for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" style=\"color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.16667; margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">What does the UN say?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/tbinternet.ohchr.org\/Treaties\/CERD\/Shared%20Documents\/CHN\/CERD_C_CHN_CO_14-17_32237_E.pdf\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">The UN body on Thursday released its concluding observation<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">criticising<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> the &#8220;broad definition of terrorism and vague references to extremism and unclear definition of separatism in Chinese legislation&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The committee called on Beijing to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\" style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: initial;\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">End the practice of detention without lawful charge, trial and conviction;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Immediately release individuals currently detained under these circumstances;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Provide the number of people held as well as the grounds for their detention;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Conduct &#8220;impartial investigations into all allegations of racial, ethnic and <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">ethno-religious<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> profiling&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" style=\"color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.16667; margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">What is China accused of?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have submitted reports to the UN committee documenting claims of mass imprisonment, in camps where inmates are forced to swear loyalty to China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The World Uyghur Congress said in its report that detainees are held indefinitely without charge, and forced to shout Communist Party slogans.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\" style=\"border: 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;\">Media caption<\/span>John Sudworth reports from Xinjiang, where all filming and reporting by foreign media is tightly controlled<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">It said they are poorly fed, and reports of torture are widespread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Most inmates have never been charged with a crime, it is claimed, and do not receive legal representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The latest UN statement comes amid worsening religious tensions elsewhere in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In the north-western Ningxia region,&nbsp;<a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-china-45140551\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">hundreds of Muslims have been engaged in a standoff with authorities<\/a>&nbsp;to prevent their mosque from being demolished.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" style=\"color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.16667; margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Who are the Uighurs?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Uighurs are a Muslim ethnic minority mostly based in China&#8217;s far-western region of Xinjiang. They make up around 45% of the population there.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\" style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: initial;\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-39460538\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">China bans beards and veils in Xinjiang<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 4px; list-style: square outside;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-pacific-16860974\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3);\">Profile: What is Xinjiang like?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Xinjiang is officially designated as an autonomous region within China, like Tibet to its south.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Reports that more and more Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are being detained in Xinjiang have been circulating for some months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China is said to carry out the detentions under the guise of combating religious extremism.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\" style=\"border: 0px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.6406px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\" style=\"color: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; display: block; position: relative;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Map of Xinjiang region\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" datasrc=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/101FA\/production\/_103424066_xinjiang_province_640-nc.png\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/101FA\/production\/_103424066_xinjiang_province_640-nc.png\" style=\"color: inherit; 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