Published 14:33 IST, September 28th 2020
China claims 'happiness' in Xinjiang increasing, to continue teaching 'correct' outlook
Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly said that the levels of “happiness” among all ethnic groups in Xinjiang region is continuously increasing.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly said that levels of “happiness” among all ethnic groups in Xinjiang region is continuously increasing. China has been facing widespre criticism over alleged human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims and or ethnic mirities in Xinjiang region. Uyghurs are Turkic-speaking Muslims in Xinjiang province, also kwn as East Turkestan, who have been facing persecution in name of “re-education” camps.
“ sense of gain, happiness, and security among people of all ethnic groups (in Xinjiang) has continued to increase,” Xi was quoted as saying by state-run Xinhua news ncy.
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Xi reportedly told a Communist Party conference on Xinjiang that China plans to keep teaching all ethnic groups a “correct perspective” on China. Chinese President stressed that “practice has shown that party’s strategy for governing Xinjiang in new era is completely correct” and it should be a long-term approach.
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Reports of systematic crackdown
Several leaked documents from China have revealed Beijing’s brutal and systematic crackdown on Uyghurs, in which y have called it a “struggle against terrorism, infiltration and separatism”. After Uyghur militants stabbed more than 150 people at a train station in 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a series of speeches delivered to officials, urged party to follow America’s policy of “war on terror”.
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A US-based Uyghur activist h said that Chinese government has zero-tolerance for people who appear and behave differently. Nury Turkel, an American attorney and human rights vocate, told Jerusalem Post in an interview that Chinese Communist Party is w using term “transformation” to make m forego ir unique culture and tritions.
Recently, US State Department launched a new webp on alleged human right abuses of Uyghurs by Chinese Communist Party (CCP). department has cited reports of coercive population control, detention of more than one million people of ethnic mirities in internment camps, forced labour, and destruction of religious sites.
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(Im credit: AP)
14:33 IST, September 28th 2020