{"id":12055,"date":"2017-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/7119-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T23:00:00","slug":"7119-2","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/7119-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT-UNPO-FIDH conference in the European Parliament &#8211; Chinese counter-terrorism policy:  Impacts and dangers for Tibetans and Uyghurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7125\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/ICT-UNPO-FIDH-conference-on-CT-in-the-EP.jpg\" alt=\"ICT-UNPO-FIDH conference on CT in the EP\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The International Campaign for Tibet, in collaboration with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk (ALDE) and MEP Thomas Mann (EPP), will be convening a conference at the European Parliament entitled \u2018<em><strong>Chinese counter-terrorism policy:&nbsp; Impacts and dangers for Tibetans and Uyghurs<\/strong><\/em>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The event will take place on <strong>8 February 2017<\/strong> from <strong>11:00 &#8211; 14:00<\/strong>, in room <strong>ASP A5G-1<\/strong> of the European Parliament in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Programme-ICT-UNPO-FIDH-conference-on-Chinas-counter-terrorism-policy.pdf\">here <\/a>to see the conference programme and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSff_fCZfj1T4C4Iq47qbku4IthALOAh5LubU04xcu2n-jK1kA\/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1\">here<\/a> to register (registration is required and must be submitted before 1 February 2017!)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Conference in the European Parliament<\/strong>\n<em><strong>Chinese counter-terrorism policy:&nbsp; Impacts and dangers for Tibetans and Uyghurs<\/strong><\/em>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 27 December 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People\u2019s Congress, China\u2019s top legislative body, adopted a law on counter-terrorism, one of a recent package of laws on national security. This new law, which came into effect on 1 January 2016, has a number of significant implications, covering major issues such as terrorism designation, prevention, intelligence gathering, investigation, emergency response, international cooperation, safeguards, and legal liabilities. There have been mixed reactions to the law, and a range of concerns raised both within China and from the international community about its implications for business, trade, data privacy, civil society and media, and particularly on human rights.<\/p>\nAs highlighted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/dangers-of-chinas-counter-terrorism-law-for-tibetans-and-uyghurs\/?utm_source=Brussels+Events&amp;utm_campaign=61f29e7711-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_30&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_8ba185b1c9-61f29e7711-345766365\">recent report by FIDH and the International Campaign for Tibet<\/a>, the new law, in conflating \u2018terrorism\u2019 with an undefined \u2018extremism\u2019 linked to religion, indeed gives scope for the penalization of almost any peaceful expression of Tibetan or Uyghur identity, acts of non-violent dissent, or criticism of ethnic or religious policies. Moreover, Pro forma references in the counter-terrorism law to human rights and the \u2018protection of ethnic culture\u2019 are rendered meaningless given the broad powers assigned to the authorities by the law and the absence of independent judicial oversight over restrictive measures that can be applied. Overall, the new legislation and its implementation are believed by many to be provocative and deeply counter-productive, with fears that it is likely to heighten tensions and increase the risk of violence through individuals feeling they have no other recourse or nothing to lose.\n\nAt the same time, China\u2019s growing interest in cooperating on counter-terrorism initiatives with other countries and intergovernmental agencies represents 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 of China\u2019s overall counter-terrorism strategy.\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event aims at raising awareness amongst Members of the European Parliament over the risks the new Chinese counter-terrorism law represents to human rights (an in particular on the rights of religious groups such as Uyghurs and Tibetans) and effective counter-terrorism in China as well as globally, and at discussing the ways the international community, including the European Parliament, can address these challenges, in order to ensure that China\u2019s counter-terrorism approach does not result into more violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Campaign for Tibet, in collaboration with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk (ALDE) and MEP Thomas Mann (EPP), will be convening a conference at the European Parliament entitled \u2018Chinese counter-terrorism policy:  Impacts and dangers for Tibetans and Uyghurs\u2019 on 8 February 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[664],"news_tag":[703],"class_list":["post-12055","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","hentry","categorie-newstibet-europe-news","news_tag-counter-terrorismeurope-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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