{"id":12044,"date":"2016-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/dangers-of-chinas-counter-terrorism-law-for-tibetans-and-uyghurs\/"},"modified":"2016-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T23:00:00","slug":"dangers-of-chinas-counter-terrorism-law-for-tibetans-and-uyghurs","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/dangers-of-chinas-counter-terrorism-law-for-tibetans-and-uyghurs\/","title":{"rendered":"New ICT-FIDH Report: Dangers of China\u2019s counter-terrorism law for Tibetans and Uyghurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special report by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and FIDH<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FIDH-ICT-Chinas-new-counter-terrorism-law-Implications-and-Dangers-for-Tibetans-and-Uyghurs-15-11-2016-FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FIDH-ICT-cover-1104-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"fidh-ict-cover-1104\" class=\"wp-image-19633\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Download the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FIDH-ICT-Chinas-new-counter-terrorism-law-Implications-and-Dangers-for-Tibetans-and-Uyghurs-15-11-2016-FINAL.pdf\"> full report (PDF)<\/a><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and FIDH highlight the serious human rights risks and counter-productive nature of China\u2019s new counter-terrorism law in a new report launched today at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report draws on ICT and FIDH\u2019s analyses of China\u2019s counter-terrorism strategy and legislation, as well as the findings of an international round-table held in June 2016. Experts at this round-table detailed how the Chinese government has sought to legitimize its repressive measures by passing legislation that intensifies the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s control over free expression and broad-ens the scope to suppress dissent in Tibet and Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICT\u2019s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten said: \u201cThe sweeping measures introduced in the new law \u2013 which have alarmed governments globally \u2013 are focused less on preventing terror and protecting China\u2019s citizens, and more on the elimination of dissent and enforcement of compliance to Communist Party policies. This is likely to heighten tensions and increase the risk of violence by shut-ting down other means of recourse, and it also undermines the legitimacy of genuine international counter-terror efforts. Peace and stability cannot be achieved through hyper-securitization, nor by labelling as a terrorist the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate the Dalai Lama, whose leadership has ensured that Tibetans do not turn to violence in response to oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Tibet, despite the absence of any violent insurgency, an aggressive \u2018counter-terrorism\u2019 drive has resulted in an expansion of militarization across the plateau. By conflating the expression of distinct religious and ethnic identities with \u2018separatism\u2019, and blurring distinctions between violent acts and peaceful dissent, the Chinese government is using counter-terrorism as a justification to crackdown on even mild expressions of religious identity and culture in Tibet and Xinjiang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina\u2019s intensifying national security strategy and its new counter-terrorism law will have severe consequences for freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and religion in China, which are already sharply curtailed under existing laws and policies,\u201d said FIDH\u2019s Director of Operation, Marceau Sivieude. \u201cPunishing peaceful expression by qualifying any dissent as a threat to national security not only violates international human rights law, but risks increasing tensions and encouraging extremism by closing off all outlets for peaceful expression and dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has expressed an interest in cooperating on counter-terrorism initiatives with other countries and inter-governmental agencies, including with EUROPOL. This is an opportunity for governments and international organizations to challenge the risks and human rights violations of China\u2019s new counter-terrorism law, and to insist on a review of the law and China\u2019s overall counter-terrorism strategy. The report published today outlines how and why the law presents a risk to human rights and effective counter-terrorism, and how the Chinese authorities and the international community can address these challenges, in order to ensure that China\u2019s counter-terrorism approach does not result in more violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FIDH-ICT-Chinas-new-counter-terrorism-law-Implications-and-Dangers-for-Tibetans-and-Uyghurs-15-11-2016-FINAL.pdf\">Download the full report as PDF<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016.11.15-ICT-La-nouvelle-loi-chinoise-sur-le-contre-terrorisme-Re%CC%81percussions-et-dangers-pour-les-Tibe%CC%81tains-et-les-Oui%CC%88ghours.pdf\">Une version r\u00e9sum\u00e9e en fran\u00e7ais est aussi disponible ici<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press contacts: <\/strong><br><br> <strong>Kate Saunders<\/strong><br> Communications Director<br> International Campaign for Tibet<br> Tel: +44 7947 138612<br> E-Mail: press@savetibet.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vincent Metten<\/strong><br>\nEU Policy Director<br>\nInternational Campaign for Tibet<br>\nTel: +32 473 990440<br>\nE-Mail: vincent.metten@savetibet.eu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michelle Kissenkoetter<\/strong><br>\nDirector of Asia Bureau<br>\nFIDH (International Federation for Human Rights)<br>\nTel: +33-(0)-6-4805-9351<br>\nE-Mail: mk@fidh.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arthur Manet <\/strong><br>\nDirector of Media Relations<br>\nFIDH (International Federation for Human Rights)<br>\nTel: +33 6 72 28 42 94<br>\nE-Mail: press@fidh.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and FIDH highlighted the serious human rights risks and counter-productive nature of China\u2019s new counter-terrorism law in a new report launched on 15 November at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12045,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[669],"news_tag":[700],"class_list":["post-12044","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-ict-publicationsreports","news_tag-counter-terrorism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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