Once China can no longer deny the existence of a comprehensive stock system in Xinjiang, has now been adopted by the Autonomous Region a law to “De-radicalisation” of Xinjiang.
A Bazaar in Xinjiang
The Muslim Uighur minority in the Chinese Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (“new territory”), should be educated to better Chinese. The Parliament of the Autonomous Region continued on Tuesday, a law in force, each district government authorized, so-called vocational training centres to set up “extremists re-educate”.
In Xinjiang live, according to the census of 2010, around 21 million people, 45 per cent of the Muslim minority of Turkic-speaking Uyghurs. In 1955 the proportion was 73 per cent. The largest area province or region of China lies on the border to Pakistan and Afghanistan with their extremist currents and groups. Beijing sees potentially all Uighurs as prone to extremist and separatist ideas. The organization of exiled Uighurs, “world Uyghur Congress”, which has its headquarters in Munich, calls for ever the independence of China, and referred to themselves as “East Turkestan”. The world Congress is regarded in China as a terrorist organization.
(Archive) supporters of the independence movement burned the Chinese flag in July 2018 in Turkey
Elimination of the “extremism” in all forms
According to the new law are to be re-educated in the so-called vocational training centres “already radicalized citizens”. You should also learn Chinese. Among the other tasks of the “educational facilities”, security management, employment development, rehabilitation, corrections, and psychological treatments Behavior. Human rights organisations estimate that up to a Million Uyghurs in the Bearings, the wear is now officially the name of “vocational training centres”, have been detained.
The act contains a far-reaching interpretation of the extremism. This includes expressions of opinion or behavior”, the extremist religious ideologies propagate and spread”. And to donate a further “limitation of the freedom of religion of other citizens, or coercion to participate in religious events and/or call and services in the religious sites and spiritual”, where the freedom of belief, freedom to not believe is meant to be.
Also extremism is suspected, those who wear full veil or other people to instigate, who is glorified with “not normal looking” Beard and eye-catching name schemes, religious fanaticism as well as parents who refuse to send their children to the public school in the fall. It also summarily be assigned to “other extremist Statements and activities” with penalties.
It is important to note that the special law for Xinjiang contains the Express order or approval of, the people be instructed in extremism suspected in these so-called vocational training centres. This measure appears to be still in a legal grey zone. Criminal proceedings, all the relevant offences continue to be in accordance with the provisions of the national “act against terrorism”. Accordingly, police authorities should arrange for light violations, ten to 15 days Custody.
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Religion, politics and censorship
According to Beijing’s reading of the De-radicalization must comply with the guidelines for the religion question of the Communist party of China. Therefore, all religions must be configured in your self-understanding of “Chinese” and “rule of law”. Their adaptation to socialism should be directed to “proactively”. Those who boycott extremist behavior and extremist opinion and expression report, you will be rewarded.
The administration of the law of Xinjiang prescribes in addition to the establishment of training centres for many other tasks. The police should control border control more effective, to “the Infiltration tie-wing extremist forces from abroad”.
The judiciary should ensure that extremist ideology is not widespread in the prison, so that between the prisoners, no radicalization takes place. The schools should check the textbooks carefully. Bus drivers who wear a burqa or other “extremist symbols” to refuse the access and the cases immediately to the police report.
Censorship measures are also dealt with. Text messages in social networks and chat programs to be scanned for illegal content, audio messages, and telephone calls are monitored by the telecommunications provider. “The Transmission must be terminated immediately”, “The website must be closed immediately, the service will be set”, – stated in the law. Further legal measures would follow.
“At last, carefree holiday in Xinjiang”
Chinese Internet users welcomed in initial reactions, the law unanimously. Critical opinions should, however, be immediately removed. On Weibo, the Chinese micro-blog calls, for example, the user Qichen: “The law is to be introduced across the country.” “Finally we can make peace of mind in Xinjiang vacation,” writes another.