New HRW Report Chronicles Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang - China Digital Times (CDT)
New HRW Report Chronicles Crimes Against Humanity In Xinjiang Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Apr 20, 2021 A joint report by Human Right’s Watch and Stanford Law School’s Mills Legal Clinic, titled “ Chinese authorities have often detained Turkic Muslims on the basis of overbroad crimes such as “separatism.” Ilham Tohti, a prominent Uyghur academic who ran a website providing news and information about Turkic Muslims, was prosecuted for separatism and sentenced to life in prison in 2014. Related charges include “terrorism” and “religious extremism,” which are almost always levele...