{"id":4294,"date":"2018-10-27T09:43:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/27\/heavy-security-prevented-xinjiang-becoming-syria-chinese-state-media-critical-un-report\/"},"modified":"2018-10-27T09:43:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:43:26","slug":"heavy-security-prevented-xinjiang-becoming-syria-chinese-state-media-critical-un-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/heavy-security-prevented-xinjiang-becoming-syria-chinese-state-media-critical-un-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy security prevented Xinjiang from becoming Syria: Chinese state media on critical UN report"},"content":{"rendered":"

China\u2019s security presence in Xinjiang has prevented the restive province from becoming another Syria or Libya, Chinese state media said on Monday, in the first response to a United Nations report <\/a>that the region has been turned into a massive internment camp for the Muslim Uyghur community.<\/span><\/p>\n

A United Nations meeting on human rights was told last Friday that China has turned the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) into a \u201cno-rights zone\u201d and a \u201cmassive internment camp\u201d for the Uyghurs, raising concerns about the disappeared members of the community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs have been sent to re-education camps in the name of the fighting religious extremism, the panel was told.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beijing says the remote region faces threats from religious extremists and foreign-trained militants, who are inciting local Uyghurs to plot and carry out attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hundreds have died in XUAR in recent years in sporadic attacks on government offices and police stations and ethnic violence. In response, Beijing has covered the province, China\u2019s largest with around 22 million people, under a heavy cloak of security, which rights groups say is directed against the Uyghur community.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nationalistic tabloid Global Times defended the heavy security but didn\u2019t comment on allegations about the government running re-education camps across the province.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past few years, Xinjiang suffered a series of violent terrorist attacks. Young people were brainwashed by extremist thoughts and manipulated by terrorist organizations. Besides launching terror attacks in Xinjiang, these terrorists also penetrated inland provinces and started attacks in places such as Tiananmen Square of Beijing and Kunming Railway Station,\u201d the editorial said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe security situation in Xinjiang has been turned around recently and terror threats spreading from there to other provinces of China are also being eliminated. Peaceful and stable life has been witnessed again in all of Xinjiang,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The response to the attacks was justified, indicated the editorial.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis achievement has come at a price that is being shouldered by people of all ethnicities in Xinjiang \u2026 Xinjiang has been salvaged from the verge of massive turmoil. It has avoided the fate of becoming \u2018China\u2019s Syria\u2019 or \u2018China\u2019s Libya\u2019. Xinjiang is operating under the rule of law and ethnic unity. As business recovers, the region\u2019s future is promising,\u201d the editorial said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no doubt that the current peace and stability in Xinjiang is partly due to the high intensity of regulations. Police and security posts can be seen everywhere in Xinjiang. But it\u2019s a phase that Xinjiang has to go through in rebuilding peace and prosperity and it will transition to normal governance,\u201d the editorial added.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe turnaround in Xinjiang\u2019s security situation has avoided a great tragedy and saved countless lives, thanks to powerful Chinese law and the strong ruling power of the Communist Party of China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe must hold onto our belief that keeping turmoil away from Xinjiang is the greatest human right\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Hindustan Times<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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