{"id":1048,"date":"2018-10-10T22:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T22:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2018-10-10T22:58:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T22:58:47","slug":"china-legalises-uighur-re-education-camps-in-first-acknowledgement-of-detention-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"China legalises Uighur \u2018re-education\u2019 camps in first acknowledgement of detention centres"},"content":{"rendered":"

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China has legalised internment camps believed to be holding hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims in the first official recognition of the centres.<\/p>\n

A new law allows for\u00a0\u201cvocational skill education training centres\u201d to \u201ccarry out anti-extremist ideological education”\u00a0 and\u00a0implement \u201cpsychological and behavioural correction to promote thought transformation of trainees, and help them return to society and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

All those being \u201ceducated and converted\u201d should also learn the national language of Mandarin Chinese, according to the law.<\/p>\n

Xi Jinping, China\u2019s president, has launched a widespread campaign to stamp out dissent, re-assert the ruling Communist party, and promote patriotism.<\/p>\n

In Xinjiang, a western province home to Uighurs \u2013 a Turkic-speaking and primarily Muslim minority \u2013 that has meant many restrictions on daily life and reports of hundreds of thousands forced into internment camps. Human rights groups have long alleged mistreatment and abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang, with the United Nations estimating China had detained as many as 1 million Uighurs.<\/p>\n

In 2017, China banned activity deemed “extremist” was banned, including wearing a headscarf, having \u201cabnormal\u201d beards, refusing to follow state media, or preventing children from receiving state education.<\/p>\n

Residents are also reportedly monitored via facial recognition, mobile phone scans, DNA collection and scores of security cameras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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O<\/span>n Wednesday, a powerful US congressional body called on the Trump administration to make human rights a priority when re-shaping Washington\u2019s relationship with Beijing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny effort to rethink US government approaches to the current Chinese government should recognise that pressing for adherence to universal standards and insistence on greater reciprocity advance American economic and security interest,\u201d said the report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China.<\/p>\n

The commission\u2019s leaders also called for the release of detainees, the introduction of US legislation to condemn China for its actions, and for the FBI to investigate.<\/p>\n

While Mike Pence, US vice president, stated in a speech last week<\/a> that the US was aware of human rights abuses<\/a>, the White House has yet to challenge the issue.<\/p>\n

Chinese officials previously described the UN\u2019s allegations as \u201cunsubstantiated and irresponsible information,\u201d saying they were simply \u201cnot true.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an unprecedented move, China\u2019s New York consulate sent a letter to the editor published last month in the Wall Street Journal, saying the newspaper\u2019s reports on mistreatment and abuse of Uighurs were \u201cmistaken\u201d and improperly \u201cdepict Xinjiang as a place of horror.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChina is strengthening Xinjiang\u2019s police force only because of the real threat of terrorist attacks,\u201d the letter said. \u201cXinjiang will fully enjoy the dividends and unite to create a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/10\/10\/china-legalises-uighur-re-education-camps-denying-exist\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telegraph China has legalised internment camps believed to be holding hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims in the first official recognition of the centres. A new law allows for\u00a0\u201cvocational skill education training centres\u201d to \u201ccarry out anti-extremist ideological education”\u00a0 and\u00a0implement \u201cpsychological and behavioural correction to promote thought transformation of trainees, and help them return to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinas-uyghur-politics","category-uyghur-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.uyghuracademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}