Is China detaining Uighur Muslims in secret camps? | Inside story
This
is a news report about the secret camps in
China, sharing it's inside story. China’s been accused of
detaining more than a million Uighur Muslims. It’s reported the camps are in the western region of Xinjiang but China denies the existence of such secret camps. About 10 million Uighur live mostly in Xinjiang region. After the communist government in 1949, the ethnic tension has
risen which has caused mass migration of the Han Chinese. The workers share
their cultural similarities with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and
Mongolia. Chinese government says that their crackdown in Xinjiang is to
protect peace and prevent terrorism.
Andrew Leung who is a Political analyst believes the problem
is china’s fear of separatism. Eastern Turkestan terrorist movement drives
separatism movements in Tibet and Taiwan, so china is anxious to control the
movement.
Andreas Fulda, who is a lecturer at the University of Nottingham,
says that detention isn't the answer. It is not justifiable. He believes
China is the implementation of a highly racist policy at an ethnic group
where anyone regardless of his or her political or religious views can be
swept up in these internment camps. Andreas further talked about the
understanding of China's policy and said people in china have to wait a long
time for their own rights so people around the world need to raise this issue.
Adrian Zenz, an expert on China's minority policy believes
that in China people with religion are always suspicious and they are
trying to reduce the culture differences which can be seen as counter
terrorism. He further says it is necessary to raise the issue in China.
On the other hand, Andrew believes since there had been
various issues raised against china, there can be better ways found to raise
another issue.
In order to raise the issue and voice people should
educate themselves with this situation, because this is something huge and
these people in the internment camps need our help.
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